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  • The giant crowned flying fox is a human-size bat from the Philippines

    The giant crowned flying fox is a human-size bat from the Philippines

    Here’s a creature from the Philippines that will stop you in your tracks. The giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus) grows as large as 3 feet with a 5-6 feet wingspan. For the record, that’s also wider than Danny DeVito is tall. It is quite simply one of the largest bats in the world. You’d think that […]

    Wells Baum

    November 12, 2021
    Animals, Nature
    animals, bats, Nature, Philippines
  • Discover the wonder of Onekotan Island

    Discover the wonder of Onekotan Island

    Onekotan is a deserted volcanic island in the northwest Pacific Ocean near the northern end of Russia’s Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk. The archipelago consists of two stratovolcanos at each end, Krenitsyn and Nemo, connected by a flat strip of land. Crater lakes surround both volcanoes. The 4344-foot Krenitsyn volcano on the […]

    Wells Baum

    November 11, 2021
    Nature, Travel
    Lakes, Nature, Onekotan Island, russia, Travel
  • Dual head-mounted listening devices

    Dual head-mounted listening devices

    This dual-mounted listening device served as an aircraft detection device before the invention of radar in 1935. The Dutch military used the elephant-looking ears to detect approaching enemy aircraft by listening afar for engine sounds. There were various iterations of the acoustic locators. The Germans created a dual sight and sound system in 1917 that […]

    Wells Baum

    November 10, 2021
    Architecture & Design, Technology
    history, radar, sound, Tech, world war
  • These deep-sea anglerfish might as well be aliens

    These deep-sea anglerfish might as well be aliens

    Deep-sea anglerfish (Ceratiidae) remain one of the most intriguing mysteries of the ocean. Ugly and ghoulish with giant mouths and pointy teeth, only recently has video footage revealed the creature’s unique form of alienesque reproduction. The 3.5-foot females are most famous for their hunting methods, in which they use a fish rod-like appendage (the esca) […]

    Wells Baum

    November 7, 2021
    Animals, Nature
    Aliens, anglerfish, fish, oceans
  • Say hello to the Vampire Crab

    Say hello to the Vampire Crab

    Here’s an animal made for Halloween: say hello to the Vampire Crab. The recently discovered species of the genus Geosesarma dennerle is a tiny, semi-terrestrial crab that resides on the Sulawesi Island in Indonesia. They get their name from their fang-shaped mouthparts, spooky eyes, and pinchy claws. The super-colorful purple vampire crabs are native to […]

    Wells Baum

    October 31, 2021
    Animals
    animals, crab, Ocean
  • Valais Blacknose sheep from Switzerland

    Valais Blacknose sheep from Switzerland

    Strange-looking but cute — if you can even see their faces — the Valais Blacknose sheep is a type of mountain-breed sheep from the Valais region of Switzerland. These fancy-looking lambs are called ‘luxury sheep’ for their magical faceless features, shaggy coats, and spiral horns. Although they’re used for their wool and meat in Switzerland, the […]

    Wells Baum

    October 28, 2021
    Animals, Nature
    animals, Nature, Sheep, Switzerland
  • Zhangjiajie’s Bailong Elevator is the highest outdoor elevator in the world

    Zhangjiajie’s Bailong Elevator is the highest outdoor elevator in the world

    The Bailong Elevator is the world’s highest outdoor elevator, towering an astonishing 1,080 feet high. It’s built inside a massive sandstone column in a mountain range consisting of the National Forest Park in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangjiajie, China. Opened in 2002, the cliff-facing elevator allows 50 visitors at a time to ride up the […]

    Wells Baum

    October 24, 2021
    Architecture & Design, Nature
    Bailong Elevator, China, Nature
  • Meet the inconspicuous Vietnamese Mossy Tree Frog

    Meet the inconspicuous Vietnamese Mossy Tree Frog

    The Vietnamese Mossy Tree Frog is a species of frog that can be found in northern Vietnam, China, and Laos. The tree frog looks like a crocodile smushed into a tiny 3” body. Never mind that it can throw its voice up to 13 feet, making the creature hard to spot. In addition to its […]

    Wells Baum

    October 23, 2021
    Animals, Nature
    animals, frog, Nature
  • The ‘underwater waterfall’ phenomenon at Mauritius Island

    The ‘underwater waterfall’ phenomenon at Mauritius Island

    A unique and beautiful ‘underwater waterfall’ illusion lies off the southeast coast of the African continent at Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean. The precise location of the surreal view rests at the Black River Gorges National Park in Le Morne, on the island’s southwest. UNESCO recognizes the area as a World Heritage site.  The spectacular […]

    Wells Baum

    October 22, 2021
    Nature, Travel
    africa, Mauritius Island, waterfall
  • Diver finds 900-year-old crusader sword off Israel’s Carmel coast

    Diver finds 900-year-old crusader sword off Israel’s Carmel coast

    A scuba diver discovered an ancient sword off Israel’s Carmel coast near the port city of Haifa. The iron sword is thought to have belonged to a crusader knight 900 years ago when the Crusaders were fighting Muslim forces for control over the Holy Land. Eagle-eyed diver Shlomi Katzin stumbled upon the three-foot blade on […]

    Wells Baum

    October 20, 2021
    Culture & Society, Science
    history, Israel, Mediterranean Sea, sword
  • Disappearing sandpipers in murmuration

    Disappearing sandpipers in murmuration

    Behold one of the greatest shows in nature — sandpiper murmurations. Sandpipers, like starlings, often fly low in coordinated swirls that give the group the appearance of a disappearing magic trick. Rather, it’s the unison of thousands of individual black backs and white chests against the backdrop of a blue sky that gives off the […]

    Wells Baum

    October 17, 2021
    Animals, Nature
    animals, Nature, Sandpipers
  • Turkmenistan’s Darvaza gas crater, the ‘door to hell’

    Turkmenistan’s Darvaza gas crater, the ‘door to hell’

    The Darvaza gas crater also called the Gates of Hell or Door to Hell, is a natural gas field in Turkmenistan that collapsed into an underground cavern. Soviet engineers set the 230-foot hole on fire while exploring for gas in 1971. They expected the flames to die after a few days, but the opening burned […]

    Wells Baum

    October 11, 2021
    Nature, Travel
    Earth, geology, Nature, Turkmenistan
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