thessminnowjohnson:

i want to hold one of these while sleeping. and have one hold me too.

:)

nrdc:

“The return of wolves to Yellowstone is a powerful story about nature’s need for apex predators on the landscape – and a striking cautionary tale about what can happen when we remove them.” - Matt Skoglund, NRDC wildlife advocate.  Read more: Predator Control is a Risky Road

Photo: NPS

scipsy:

The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is a deep-sea shark that lives near the sea floor. It can grow to 3.3 metres long and weigh about 160 kg. The most distinctive characteristics of this shark is the shape of its head and the fact that to attack the prey it protrudes its jaws [video]. It is pink because of the blood vessels underneath its semi-transparent skin. Living in the deep-sea, where there is no light, this shark has very small eyes and to hunt relies on the the electro-sensitive organs in the rostrum.

-I want to be a shark-

Spotted comb jellyfish (Leucothea pulchra)

Credit goes to my gurl unflatteringscreenshotsof1d. 

A rare natural phenomenon turns one of Austria’s most beautiful hiking trails into a 10 meter-deep lake, for half the year.

Located at the foot of the Hochschwab Mountains, in Tragoess, Styria, Green Lake is one of the most bizarre natural phenomena in the world. During the cold winter months, this place is almost completely dry, and used as a country park where hikers love to come and spend some time away from urban chaos. But as soon as temperatures rise, the snow and ice covering the mountaintops begin to melt, and the water pours down, filling the basin below with crystal-clear water.

Water levels go from one-two meters at most, to over 10 meters, in the early summer. The waters of Green Lake are highest in June, when this extraordinary place is invaded by divers, curious to see what a mountain park looks like underwater. Fish swimming over wooden benches, a grass-covered bottom, trees, roads, roads and even bridges create a surreal setting that feels like it belongs on dry ground. That’s because for half of the year, that’s exactly where it’s at.

(via 8m57w6)

sayerhage:

The Lions Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago) and are among some of the oldest surviving species in the world.

neiture:

Ice cave near Kverkfjöll, Iceland | image by Eddy Vaudel

latimes:

A lone wolf heralds the return of a mythic predator: A GPS collar tracks the journey of the male gray wolf known as OR7 as he meanders through Oregon and approaches the California border. The prospect of the species’ reappearance in the Golden State is thrilling to conservationists and chilling to ranchers.

Photo: John Stephenson, Oregon wolf coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, uses a tape to calculate the stride of the gray wolf known as OR7 in the snow south of Crater Lake National Park. Credit: Richard Cockle / Associated Press