This incredible video shows the moment a humpback whale jumped out of the water, narrowly missing a tiny angling boat. The photographer who took pictures of the scene in Monterey Bay, California, US, joked he would have soiled himself had he been on the fishing vessel. Footage of the spectacle shows a fisherman standing spellbound …
For centuries the world has been trying to work out where the waters of the seemingly bottomless Fosse Dionne spring in central France come from. Some ancients believed they derived from the lair of a serpent king. Others thought there was a portal to another world at the base of the spring. Between the years of 1974 …
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You may have been intrigued by the sight of a massive three-headed dragon statue and wondered where it originally came from. Turns out it’s part of a Russian theme park filled with sculptures. It also screams threateningly and breathes fire. The village of Kamenka in Russia’s Lipetsk region has gained popularity in recent times as the …
In a captivating weather twist, Stonehenge, the iconic ancient monument, underwent a magical transformation today, earning the affectionate nickname ‘Snowhenge’. The South East region found itself under the spell of a snowstorm, causing the historic site to be completely blanketed in a pristine coat of white. Aptly named Stonehenge Dronescapes, Nick Bull, renowned for his …
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Leaping out of the water in majestic fashion, these acrobatic female humpback whales seem to fly with the nimble grace of a dolphin a fraction of their size. This picture shows a 50ft, 45-ton humpback fully breaching the water – it’s nose reaching 40ft in the air. Wildlife photographer Jon Cornforth stood just 30 feet …
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If you ever wondered what a slug the size of a household pet would look like, today is your lucky day. Coyote Peterson, who hosts the Discovery Network’s YouTube series Brave Wilderness, had a camera rolling when he encountered the world’s largest slug – the black sea hare. Peterson found the two-foot long creature, which gets …
While it’s not that uncommon to encounter beluga whales out in the ocean, recently Norwegian fishermen came across a whale that really surprised them and made headlines all over the world. When a friendly whale approached the fishermen’s boat, they noticed something odd about it. The animal was wearing a harness and once a fisherman …
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A humpback whale has been found dead in the Amazon jungle miles from its natural habitat – leaving experts in Brazil baffled. The 36 feet long, ten tonne marine mammal was discovered in the middle of the undergrowth on the island of Marajo off the Araruna Beach, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Scientists …
The arid desert sands of Egypt are not the most likely of places to find whales. But dozens of fossilised remains of prehistoric ancestors of the giant sea mammals have emerged from the shifting sands of the Egyptian Sahara. Among them is an intact 37 million-year-old skeleton of a legged form of whale that measures …
A century of unregulated harvesting for its gigantic shell has left the horse conch far more vulnerable than scientists realized. Horse conchs, the flashy marine snails that inhabit Florida’s colossal state seashell, live shorter lives and reproduce later than previously understood, according to new research that warns the Gulf of Mexico population could be nearing …
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