A U.K.-based landscape photographer recently captured a stunning shot of a fogbow, a white rainbow, over a moor in western Scotland. Melvin Nicholson told ABC News today that he captured the rare weather phenomenon this Sunday while he was exploring Rannoch Moor near the village of Glencoe. “I had been…
An ancient tree that contains a record of a reversal of Earth’s magnetic field has been discovered in New Zealand. The tree—an Agathis australis, better known as its Māori name kauri—was found in Ngawha, on New Zealand’s North Island, during excavation work for the expansion of a geothermal power plant,…
According to an article by Brian Owens in New Scientist, a German scientist working in the Congo has discovered a fun new fact about gorillas, that they hum and even singduring mealtimes. Food-related calls had been documented in chimpanzees and bonobos, but never in gorillas. But far from just vocalizing,…
Together with ikebana and Zen gardens, Bonsai is one of the most recognisable cultural expressions of Japan. And worlds most respected Bonsai masters is Masahiko Kimura. His work is widely recognised. Mashiko Kimura’s designs are often seen as controversial since he does not stick to the traditional bonsai rules. He…
Police have busted a gang of illegal poachers after a dentist in the group reportedly killed over 1,000 protected jaguars. Brazilian authorities have arrested seven men in the country’s northwestern state of Acre, on suspicion of having killed thousands of endangered animals including jaguars, capybara, collared peccary and red brocket…
Comparing something to a grain of sand is usually supposed to mean that it’s small or insignificant, but Dr. Gary Greenberg’s awesome pictures made using a microlens aims to turn this stereotype on its head. His photographs of minuscule grains of colorful sands magnified up to 300 times reveal that…
