Category: Nature

We (Brazil) were diving at Bat Islands, Costa Rica, when this peaceful manta came. Brian Thompson (Canada) gently cut the net fishing and now the manta can live with no pain. Courtesy of Oceano VideoSub on YouTube

A rich horde of fossils from the Sahara has revealed that the largest known predator to ever walk the earth was also a superb swimmer, overturning the common view that dinosaurs were terrestrial beasts. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, an international research team described how it had uncovered the partial skeleton…

Kyiv wants its combat dolphins back, but now they’re swimming for Russia. Read Foreign Policy via KiyvPost http://youtu.be/P0mJqjcfGwM

As stated here on Wikipedia - Devil’s Pool (Victoria Falls), a natural pool at the edge of Victoria Falls, Africa that is occasionally safe for swimming.

Oldie but goodie, courtesy of Franklin Sinclair on YouTube

Although they have long been a treasured part of every Vermonters’ summer, as Vermont becomes less rural and more suburban, swimming holes are closed. More riverbanks get posted, more land gets developed, and more old swimming holes become newly private property — and inaccessible. The Vermont River Conservancy (VRC), a small organization that specializes in…

Sharks are nine times more likely to kill men than women, new research from Australia shows. Men are targeted in 84 per cent of all unprovoked shark attacks, and make up 89 per cent of all shark bite fatalities – which means that women are statistically more likely to survive a shark attack. The numbers…

Our Lucky Puppies Delight in Swimming Pool Pawty

Italian explorer Alex Bellini has conceived an extraordinary plan to live alone on a drifting iceberg in northwest Greenland for up to a year, or until it melts away – whichever happens first. He aims to stay alive during this time in a tiny survival pod, and hopes his experience will encourage further discourse on…