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They can start out as underwater volcanoes, take up to 30 million years to form??? and are home to about 1 million people
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (904+ words) From volcanic peaks to coral rings, atolls are among the strangest and most fragile landforms on Earth. An atoll is a ring-shaped island (often made up of multiple small islets) with a coral rim encircling a lagoon. Atolls are located…...
They???re a whopping 150 million years older than dinosaurs, look like a shark, have a tail like a rat, teeth like a rabbit and sharp, venomous spines
20+ hour, 30+ min ago (571+ words) Chimaeras, or ghost sharks, are distant relatives of sharks and rays Here's all you ever need to know about them NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Deep in the ocean is an ancient fish that glides along by flapping their…...
"Its sting can cause vomiting and existential dread, and can kill within five minutes..." 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in the Pacific ocean
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1029+ words) From cone snails to crocs, be wary of these deadly marine animals – all found in the Pacific Ocean Many people fear the open ocean and what could be lurking below the waves. The chances of falling foul of a marine…...
"Please help??? we have a hippo in our swimming pool!"
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (467+ words) For veterinary surgeon Dr Ulf Tubbesing this out was definitely different… Do you know the saying ‘the grass is always greener on the other side’? Well, for this young hippo in Namibia, the water seemed bluer on the other side…...
They???re age-old rivals???but did you know dogs and cats are actually related? Here's how???
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (918+ words) They might not see eye to eye today, but millions of years ago dogs and cats shared more than just our affection - they shared common ancestors… If you go back far enough, roughly 45 million years ago, the world was devoid…...
It has relatively huge hinged fangs and can strike with astonishing speed, delivering a potentially dangerous dose of venom???
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (746+ words) Stocky, solitary and superbly camouflaged, the puff adder is one of Africa’s most formidable and feared snake species. Rather than fleeing when danger approaches, this heavyweight and highly venomous viper often stays perfectly still, relying on its patterned skin to…...
It's called a chicken, sounds like a chicken, tastes like a chicken and raises its young like a chicken??? but it definitely isn't a chicken???
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (190+ words) Despite the name, the mountain chicken isn’t a chicken – and nor is it a mountain. Instead, the mountain chicken is actually a species of frog which is native to Dominica and Montserrat. Also known as the giant ditch frog, the…...
"It's not unknown for males to get stuck in the wrong position - back to front, or sideways on - or for groups to become hopelessly welded together???"
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (238+ words) How these rain frogs get stuck in when mating Many amphibians produce noxious secretions from their skin to deter predators, and rain frogs Breviceps spp., found in Southern Africa, are no exception. When threatened, they exude a milky-white fluid that…...
???After tracking the lions for four years, they never ceased to surprise us.??? New Lion King-inspired series comes to National Geographic
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (276+ words) The trailer for National Geographic’s four-part documentary series, Lion, has been released – and it looks epic. A new TV series, produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit for National Geographic, takes us to the plains of the Maasai Mara to…...
Sea muppets look just like seahorses??? but they are not really seahorses at all...
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (520+ words) The body form of the fish we know as the seahorse has evolved multiple times in the same family Courtesy of Graham Short Sometimes a seahorse isn’t quite a seahorse. The true seahorses - those oddly proportioned fish with equine heads…...