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Nature
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Golden Eagle Tries To Snatch Toddler From Park – Seriously [VIDEO]
19 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Eagles don’t snatch toddlers, right? Wrong. Check out this crazy video, filmed in a Montreal Park.
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The Seas Are Rising 60% Faster Than The UN Forecast
28 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
We’re speaking in millimetres here, but that measurement rise is something that happens on a yearly basis. If you take say, 50 years, that does mean quite a rise in surface area that the seas cover.
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Scientist Announces He Will Use A Blimp To Find Bigfoot
12 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Idaho State University professor of anatomy and anthropology, Jeffrey Meldrum, believes Bigfoot exists, and he has announced a project that will hopefully see him launch a blimp to prove his theory.
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Mozambique Establishes Africa’s Largest Coastal Marine Reserve
08 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Mozambique has just announced the creation of Africa’s largest coastal marine reserve by establishing a 10-island archipelago in a bid to protect all forms of marine life in the region.
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World’s Rarest Whale Seen In The Flesh For The First Time
06 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is one of two whales which may be the only fully-preserved specimens of its species ever seen by human kind. Spade-toothed beaked whales were first discovered in 1872 when bone fragments were found on a remote Pacific island, but until now the species has remained entirely hidden from human view. In the 140 years […]
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New York Magazine’s Powerful Cover Shows A Blacked-Out Manhattan After Sandy [PIC]
05 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Following last week’s visit by Hurricane Sandy to New York, a lot of damage has been left in her wake. Several subway stations and tunnels were flooded, and an estimated eight million people were left without power.
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Insane Footage Show Hurricane Sandy’s Path Of Destruction [GALLERY & VIDEO]
31 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday we started seeing some frightening images of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in New York and other large portions of the United States East Coast.
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New York Drowns: Incredible Images Of Hurricane Sandy’s Damage [Gallery]
30 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York and a large portion of the United States East Coast last night, reaching a crescendo around midnight our time. Due to their efficient warning system only 11 people have died, but the images remain, and they are shocking.
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Epic Imagery, A Photographer’s Friendly Encounter With Great Whites [PICS]
24 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sharks, particularly Great Whites, have a pretty bad rep. The apex predators are often labelled as man-eaters based on a handful of out of context events. Photographer Daniel Botelho spent two weeks with the ancient beasts and returned with what he calls “definitive proof” that they don’t deserve the label or association.
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Golf Balls Made Of Ice – Footage Of Johannesburg’s Brutal Weekend Hail Storm [VIDEO]
22 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Joahnnesburgers tend to make quite a big deal of the famed “Highveld storm”, talking up the magnitude and power of every smattering of rain in their general vicinity. But after watching this video, we think it’s probably fair to let them keep the weather bragging rights for a while longer. The footage was shot in […]
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Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Winners [PICS]
19 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
From “Bubble Jetting Emperors”, to an awe-inspiring shot of Peyto Lake in Canada’s Banff National Park, the winning photographs of this year’s Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are truly astonishing, and not to be missed.
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How One Angry Hippo Halted Thousands Of Migrating Wildebeest [PICS]
16 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There are few things, let alone animals, that can stop a herd of thousands of wildebeest mid-migration, but it appears one angry two-ton hippo might just be enough.
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Frozen In Time – 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Eating A Wasp Caught In Amber
09 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ever since the first screening of Jurassic Park, everyone has dreamt of finding that elusive chunk of amber that contains an intact specimen of some prehistoric insect that would hold the key to bringing dinosaurs back. Although they haven’t found quite that, a team of researchers has found something nearly as fascinating.
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Amazing Footage Of A Thieving Octopus’s Cunning Skills [VIDEO]
02 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s generally accepted that octopi are very intelligent, clever creatures however the depths of their cunning has never truly been measured, until now. An underwater camera, in South Africa’s False Bay, captured footage of one of the molluscs stealing an entire bait cannister – that was attacehed with three cable ties – while keeping a shark at bay!
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Super-Pod Of Dolphins Off Cape Town [VIDEO]
02 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s not often you get to be close to dolphins as they swim, but imagine being close to thousands at one go? That’s what explorer Mike Horn and photographer Chase Jarvis did recently along the Cape Town coastline.
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Incredible Footage Taken At The Mouth Of A Raging Volcano [VIDEO]
21 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
After a 35 day battle with weather, Geoff Mackley, Bradley Ambrose and Nathan Berg finally became the first people ever to get within 30m of Marum Volcano’s infamous lava lake on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. The resulting footage culminated in what has aptly been titled, “The Most Incredible Volcano Video of ALL Time,” and it doesn’t disappoint.
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Tornado Of Fire Tears Through Australian Outback [VIDEO]
18 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a game of one-upmanship with itself, nature was apparently unsatisfied with the destructive force of an ordinary tornado so it decided to up the ante and add some fire, the result: a “fire devil”.
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Survey: Nearly A Third Of Young South Africans Believe Fracking Is A Sexual Activity
18 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Consumer insights group, Pondering Panda, said on Monday that nearly two thirds of young South Africans have little idea of what hydraulic fracking is about.
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Sudden Volcano Eruption Causes Mass Evacuation [PICS]
14 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yesterday afternoon, Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of Fire), an active volcano near Antigua, Guatemala unexpectedly began erupting, causing panic and the forced evacuation of over 33 000 people. The eruption caused volcanic ash to fall more than half a kilometre down the mountain.
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New Monkey Species Discovered In Democratic Republic Of Congo
13 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For the second time in 28 years Africa can say it has a new species of monkey – the lesula is found in remote forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Fracking Gets The Governmental Green Light
07 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
The moratorium on shale gas exploration, which was imposed in South Africa last April, was recently lifted, effectively opening the door for fracking in the Karoo region. Since the first mention of possibly using fracking as an extraction technique, debate has raged, with many calling into question the environmental impact it may have.
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Massive Five Metre Python Hid Under Couple’s Car’s Bonnet At Kruger [PICS]
06 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
While recently holidaying in the Kruger National Park, a South African couple were caught off-guard, and were at a loss about what to do, when a giant five metre long python slithered up into their car’s bonnet and refused to budge!
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Radiation From Half A Million Mile ‘Solar Whip’ Hits Earth Today [VIDEO]
04 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This massive solar whip or filament is 800 000 kilometers long. That’s 20 times the circumference of the earth. Makes you feel small, doesn’t it. The gigantic solar filament collapse has been caught on a NASA observatory camera.
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R40 Million Requested To Remove Cape Town Oil Spill Wreck
03 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
City of Cape Town disaster response teams are again today battling fierce conditions in efforts to clean up oil from the Seli 1 wreck at Bloubergstrand. The operation is set to cost at least R40 million.
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Arctic Ice Cap Melts To Lowest Levels Ever
28 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Arctic Ocean’s ice cover has decreased to its lowest ever recorded size, and scientists say the melt season still has a few more weeks left.
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Hiker Photographs Bear Moments Before Grizzly Death
27 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
The Denali National Park in Alaska has suffered its first deadly grizzly bear attack in the North American park’s 95 year history. 49 year-old Richard White of San Diego was attacked on Friday, but managed to snap up 26 photographs, which may provide vital insight into the minutes before his death.
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Some Of The Breathtaking Images From The 2012 Astronomy Photographer Of The Year Competition [PICS]
24 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Space, the final frontier, and mankind’s constant fascination. These mesmerising images, from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Competition, capture the night sky in ways that the naked eye never could and will leave you staring at the night sky wishing for an alien abduction.
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New App Tracks Great White Shark Activity
21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Currently we rely heavily on Shark Spotters positioned at strategic points along the Cape Peninsula for shark warnings. What if there was an app for that, too?
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N2 Highway Memorial – 312 Dead Rhinos [VIDEO]
21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The team over at Green Renaissance has started an activation along the N2 highway in Cape Town near the Cape Town International Airport. It will serve as a continual reminder of the epidemic that is rhino poaching in South Africa.
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Incredible Video And Photos Of Humpback Whale Feeding In Harbour [VIDEO]
21 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A few days ago, retired college biology professor, Bill Bouton, headed to San Luis Obispo, California, to snap some pics of some of his favourite subjects, birds. However, he stumbled on something considerably bigger, and decidedly less aerial.
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