Tag: rare

August 19, 2015 at 4:15 pm

Blue Whale Interrupts TV Host Talking About How Hard it Is to Find Blue Whales

Blue Whale Interrupts TV Host Talking About How Hard it Is to Find Blue Whales

Zoologist Mark Carwardine outlines just how hard whale spotting can be. And promptly gets upstaged by the biggest whale there is.

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August 14, 2015 at 12:33 pm

Good Guy Driver Leads Lost Goose Back to Water

Good Guy Driver Leads Lost Goose Back to Water

A wild Canada Goose followed this good Samaritan’s truck on a gravel road as he led it to Shinning Bank Lake in Alberta.

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August 10, 2015 at 4:37 pm

Remarkable Video from 1906 Shows San Fran’s Market Street Days Before the Earthquake

Remarkable Video from 1906 Shows San Fran's Market Street Days Before the Earthquake

This film was shot on April 14, 1906, just four days before the San Francisco earthquake and fire that destroyed over 80% of the city.

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August 10, 2015 at 11:22 am

Extremely Rare White Humpback Spotted Off Australian Coast

Extremely Rare White Humpback Spotted Off Australian Coast

The extremely rare, white humpback was spotted on 10 August 2015 off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

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August 6, 2015 at 11:28 am

Picture of the Day: Butterflies Drinking Tears from Turtle Eyes

Picture of the Day: Butterflies Drinking Tears from Turtle Eyes

Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) are seen drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador. The phenomenon is known as lachryphagy.

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August 6, 2015 at 9:48 am

NASA Captures Dark Side of the Moon as it Crosses Earth

NASA Captures Dark Side of the Moon as it Crosses Earth

The same side of the moon always faces Earth but this view was captured by a NASA satellite one million miles away.

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August 5, 2015 at 8:28 pm

Gray Whale and Her Calf Give Whale Watchers an Experience They’ll Never Forget

Gray Whale and Her Calf Give Whale Watchers an Experience They'll Never Forget

Mark Carwardine videoed a gray whale mother and her calf as they approached a boat of whale watchers, allowing the people onboard to touch them.

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August 3, 2015 at 8:11 am

Robbie Maddison Just Rode a Wave in Tahiti… on a Motorcycle

Robbie Maddison Just Rode a Wave in Tahiti... on a Motorcycle

“It’s not about being the first or being right, it’s about believing in yourself because you know something is possible.” – Robbie Maddison

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July 8, 2015 at 6:45 am

Picture of the Day: Black Rhino at the Watering Hole

Picture of the Day: Black Rhino at the Watering Hole

Sunset photo of a black rhino in Namibia’s Etosha National Park. Photographer Johan Georget waited in the bush for 7 hours to get the shot.

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July 6, 2015 at 5:16 am

Picture of the Day: Pink-sect

Picture of the Day: Pink-sect

Seen here is a close-up of a rare pink Oblong-winged katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia).

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