You’ve seen dolphins shimmy along the top of the water balanced on their tails at Sea World or on TV, but the behavior has spread to the ocean!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cB05ZlP7gQ

 Sometimes whales just get cravings for seal
Just because you run onto the beach doesn’t mean you’ll be safe from this whale. Quite amazing. Second video after the jump.
 

Perhaps THESE Cows Could Jump Over The Moon

It’s the little cow with a big future. Rising supermarket prices are persuading hundreds of families to turn their back gardens into mini-ranches stocked with miniature cattle.
Registrations of the most popular breed, the Dexter, have doubled since the millennium and websites are sprouting up offering “the world’s most […]

 
Bigfoot remains as elusive as ever.

Olive-backed Forest Robin
A new species of bird has been discovered in Gabon, Africa.

 
 Nils Olav Knighted In Norway
Norwegian King Harald the Fifth has just knighted … a penguin! That’s right, a penguin named Nils Olav, the honorary member and mascot of the King’s Guard since 1972, is not Sir Nils Olav to you:

 
A humpback whale named “Stumpy” after he lost his tail as a baby in an apparent killer whale attack has been sighted again years later on an epic journey along Australia’s coast.

 Most robots wish they had a bit more rat brain in them
After buttoning up a lab coat, snapping on surgical gloves and spraying them with alcohol, I am deemed sanitary enough to view a robot’s control system up close. Without such precautions, any fungal spores on my skin could infect it. “We’ve had that happen. […]

 
But can they create a clone of a clone?
On August 5, an American woman received her five purchased pitbull puppy clones at South Korea’s Seoul National University Hospital for Animals. Bernann McKinney paid the firm $50,000 for the five dogs from RNL Bio, reported as the world’s first successful commercial dog […]

The water boatman uses a thin layer of air on its body to breathe underwater.
To swim underwater, hundreds of species of insects like the water boatman bring along their own air bubbles.

Ever wondered what make chili peppers have a hot fiery flavor? Well, it’s bugs that put the heat in the fruit which adds spicy flavor to many of our favorite delicacies, says a new study.

An Active Feller

A sex romp early this year of Henry, a century-old tuatara from Invercargill, has resulted in his lover Mildred laying 12 eggs. Henry, a resident at Southland Museum since 1970, finally proved his manhood at 111 years old.
He had never shown an interest in mating until he was caught getting intimate with the […]

 
Scientists have identified the world’s smallest snake — a reptile about 4 inches long and as thin as spaghetti that was found lurking under a rock on the Caribbean island of Barbados.

 
Most of the world’s plant species rely on animals to transfer their pollen to other plants. The undisputed queen of these animal pollinators is the bee, made up of about 30,000 species worldwide, whose daily flights aid in the reproduction of more than half of the world’s flowering plants. In recent years, however, an unprecedented […]

 
 Audubon Insectarium In New Orleans
What is it about these creatures? In the new $25 million Audubon Insectarium, which opened here in June, you can watch Formosan termites eat through a wooden skyline of New Orleans (as if this city didn’t have enough problems), stick your head into a transparent dome in a kitchen closet swarming […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO5ifLzLYiU

Yummy
Viewed over a million times, this footage was filmed in St. James Park, London Sunday 7th August 2005.

 
 Pen-tailed Tree Shrew of the Malaysian Rain Forest
German scientists have discovered that seven species of small mammals in the rain forests of western Malaysia drink fermented palm nectar on a regular basis. For several of the species, including the pen-tailed tree shrew, the nectar, which can have an alcohol content approaching that of beer, is […]

 
 Dinosaur Eel
An extraordinary fish that inhabits muddy pools in West Africa and whose lineage can be traced back 96 million years could be the model for light, bomb-proof body armour for the soldiers of the future.

Four giant panda cubs have been born within just 14 hours in China, giving a rare boost to the population of the endangered species, state media said Sunday. (Pics)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINc1mV-L8Y

Robotic sea bream from the University of Kitakyushu 
Engineers at the University of Kitakyushu have developed an underwater survey robot that looks good enough to eat. “Tai-robot-kun,” a 7-kilogram (15.4 lb) robotic sea bream (red snapper) with a silicone body covered in realistically hand-painted scales, features a unique propulsion system that allows it to move […]

 
News in Science reports:

Scientists have photographed a giant gas bubble emanating from a whale, suggesting that flatulence is just as common for ocean mammals as it is for humans and many other terrestrial animals.

 Cowbell Monitoring Device
Nanotechnology is among the most rapidly growing fields of science. It finds application in the most peculiar, yet logical, of places. For instance, dairy farm monitoring may not sound complex enough for nanotechnology application.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ly0DTSEDD0

 Fish don’t have eyes to see up!
Watch how Matt Watson tries the latest form of stunt fishing - inspired by one of the greatest fish catching sea birds, the gannet… we’re not sure it’s going to catch on though! Second video after the jump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peskb1KOEa0

 Not what you expect…
Lions are amazing creature, but you didn’t know how amazing until you see this. Second video after the jump.
 

 
A monarch butterfly caterpillar gets ready to devour a milkweed leaf. 
The adage that your enemies know your weaknesses best is especially true in the case of plants and predators that have co-evolved: As the predators evolve new strategies for attack, plants counter with their own unique defenses.