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It might look like this pufferfish is having a very bad day. But the California sea lion is just playing! Underwater photographer Greg Lecoeur explains how he captured this surprising scene. “I was taking photos in the Sea of Cortés, off the northwest coast of Mexico, where a huge colony of sea lions lives. You could smell them as the boat got close—not a good smell. “Underwater, I noticed this sea lion playing with a pufferfish. The marine mammal gently grabbed the pufferfish and swam toward the seafloor, then dropped it like a ball. The pufferfish swam back up. Then the sea lion caught it and dropped it again. After the sea lion was done playing, the fish swam away—all puffed up, but unharmed. “I usually dive for hours, watching…
An Austrian orchestra plays musical instruments made from veggies. Legend says that pirate treasure might be buried near the Statue of Liberty. About 300 different languages are spoken in China. A dog may yawn after seeing a human yawn. One type of Australian flower spends its entire life underground. Some experts think individual honeybees have different personalities. Nighttime rainbows, or moonbows, are common at Yosemite National Park. The Mwanza flat-headed rock agama lizard resembles Spider-Man. CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…
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These lizards can hold their breath under-water for 30 minutes.…
A brown lemming cautiously steps out of its burrow into the 24-hour sunlight of the summer in the Arctic. The small, mouselike animal scampers across an open field to munch on short grasses, sure that it’s safe. It’s not. A male snowy owl swoops down from a tree branch he was perched on, his golden eyes locked on his prey. He drops low and glides just above the flat ground. Then the winged hunter extends his legs, snatches the rodent in his long black talons, and turns around to return home with his catch. A female snowy owl greets her arriving mate. He lands and presents her with the lemming. Nestled beside the female owl are seven fuzzy, temporarily blind hatchlings, each smaller than a tennis ball. The youngest, which…
In the Arctic, snowy owls stick close to their nests, so scientists can easily observe them. But once the owls fly south for the winter, experts aren’t exactly sure where they go or what they do. Project SNOWstorm is trying to solve these mysteries. Launched in 2013, the program uses GPS tracking devices to follow snowy owls across the United States and Canada on their winter migration paths. But where do you put a tiny tracker on a big bird? In a tiny backpack, of course. First, scientists catch an owl using a harmless net trap. Then they fit the bird with a lightweight backpack that won’t affect its ability to fly. The solar-powered tracker transmits the bird’s location back to scientists through cell-phone towers. Project SNOWstorm has so far…
