This is some first-of-its-kind drone footage captured by nature photographer Bertie Gregory of a waddle of 6-month old emperor penguin chicks diving off a 50-foot sheer ice cliff in Antarctica into the water for the first time. It is the only time in their lives they will fly. Apparently most
This is a video of a squirrel leading a woman by the finger to show her its nest up in a tree. I’m not sure what their relationship is, but there’s clearly something there (especially considering there was already a ladder in the tree). Maybe she rescued it before releasing
Note: Image above has no frog, scroll down for the full image, I didn’t want to make it too easy with a crop. This is a photo of a tree with a well camouflaged frog hiding in plain sight. Can you spot it? I spotted it almost immediately, but I’m
This is a clip of a real life roadrunner vocalizing. Shockingly, it does not make the ‘Meep meep!’ we’ve all come to expect from watching cartoons. It’s more of a really quick clicking. Great, now what else have cartoons been lying to us about?! Next thing you know we’ll find
This is a clip from BBC Earth and my main man knight Sir David Attenborough highlighting the web-slinging capabilities of Darwin’s bark spider. The spider is capable of blasting a continuous fan of webbing that catches the wind like a sail and can cross a body of water up to
This is some footage from EarthCam of the Statue Of Liberty shaking during the recent 4.8 magnitude earthquake that hit New Jersey. I’m surprised none of those ant-people on the ground didn’t take off running. When in doubt, run — that’s my motto, and why I’m often seen sprinting. The
This is a visualization of the degree of totality of the upcoming solar eclipse that can be seen from each US state, in order of increasing totality. Granted, some of these depend on where you’re at in the state (each lists a specific city), because some states are BIG. Me?
This is a video captured by wildlife artist Robert E Fuller of a winter murmuration of starlings at dusk at the Ripon City Wetlands in Yorkshire, England (love your pudding!). Per Robert: “Starling murmurations are one of Britain’s greatest wildlife spectacles. Studies suggest the birds congregate in great swirling masses