Bill Nye Debates Ken Ham. Fossils Worksheets. Nature adapts to Chernobyl. Chernobyl: 28 years after disaster On April 26, Ukraine marks the 28th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear accident in history.
Take a look at haunting scenes from inside the exclusion zone. 25, 2014 Novoshepelychi, Ukraine: The clicking sound from Timothy Mousseau's radiation detector slowly increased as he walked through the forest here, a few miles west of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. As he stopped to examine a spider web on a tree branch, the display on the device showed 25 microsieverts an hour.
The levels of radioactivity here are far below those still found in parts of the deteriorating shelter that covers the destroyed reactor - a shelter that by 2017 will itself be covered by a huge arch that is intended to eliminate the threat of further radioactive contamination. A cooling tower of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant emerges from the forest in the distance as Timothy Mousseau, a biologist, right, measures bat sounds with his assistant.
WTF, Evolution? Why Captain Higgins is my favorite parasitic flatworm. How The Male Angler Fish Gets Completely Screwed. Why the mantis shrimp is my new favorite animal. Meet the Quokka, the happiest animal on Earth. These are the CUTEST photos you’ll see all day! These ten photos show that the Quokka, a small marsupial native to a small corner of southwestern Australia, truly has only “good sides” when it comes to getting its picture taken!
The Quokka poses no threat to humans, and clearly, can be very friendly. Unfortunately, their friendliness may have contributed to their drastic reduction in population after dingos and foxes entered Australia. Now listed as “vulnerable”, the Quokka populations are recovering in some areas, thanks to conservation efforts. Hopefully that means more photos and videos of the adorable little guys will surface on the Internet! Share this article with your friends and family and give them something adorable to smile about today! 25 Odd Animals. These guys run the gamut of everything from silly looking creatures to curious animals to fear-inducing monsters!
1) Venezuelan poodle moth 2) Blobfish 3) Tufted deer 4) Pink fairy armadillo 5) Irrawaddy dolphin 6) Tube-nosed fruit bat 7) Lion’s mane-jellyfish 8) Snub-nosed monkey 9) Frilled shark 10) Wolf fish 11) Sunda colugo 12) Aye-aye lemur 13) Barreleye fish 14) Sea lamprey 15) Cyclops shark 16) Pangolin 17) Goblin shark.
Houdini Honey Badgers Can Escape From Anywhere. So half the Internet has seen the video about what total badasses honey badgers are (reminder at bottom for those who want a second look).
But they don't just have attitude. As this clip from a BBC documentary reveals, they're also really smart. We know a lot of people who wouldn't be able to work out how to get out of an enclosure like this. It is amazing to think that barely 50 years ago Jane Goodall was mocked for producing evidence that chimpanzees use tools. One can only imagine the response if she had made the same claims about honey badgers, whose relationship to us is many times more distant. The games between Stoffel and Brian may be all in good fun – one commentator on Youtube suggests Stoffel likes escaping more than being free, and that may actually be right. In other regions similar conflicts have emerged over ratels attacking chickens.
For a refresh on the video that brought the honey badger to global fame see here: