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The Parting Shot for April 18, 2012

The better to see you with, my dear…. “I made this image at Myakka River State Park in Sarasota, Florida, this past spring. There had been no rain in the […]

Michelle April 18, 2012 11 Comments

The Parting Shot for April 5, 2012

An adolescent female bonobo at Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary spent hours playing with a toad, cradling it and carrying the toad around like an infant. Photo credit: Emilie Genty, National […]

Fish That Walk

The mudskipper. A fish that has fins which have evolved so that they are able to use them as arms in order to travel across land. Plus some other incredible […]

Ewwwww…. I am still making a “scrunchy” face and shuddering over watching this three-minute documentary from National Geographic on cockroaches and their mating ritual. However, it was something I did […]

The Karni Mata: The Rat Temple of India

Yes, that’s right. A temple full of rats, numbers estimated anywhere between 15,000 to 20,000. It may sound like a nightmare from the New York City subway to some, but […]

Pictures: Rare “Cyclops” Shark Found

When I first saw an image of a one-eyed shark circulating around the internet, I thought it was a photoshopped joke. I was wrong. This is an actual life form. […]

Manila’s North Cemetary Where the Living Reside Among the Dead

The Manila North Cemetery (or Cementerio del Norte formerly known also as “Paang Bundok”), which measures 54 hectares, is considered the biggest and one of the oldest cemeteries in Metro […]