American scientists, Dr Kevin Ma and his team led by Dr Robert Wood, have created a flying robot as small as a fly. Dubbed the “robo-fly”, the robot is built from carbon fibre, weighs less than a gram and has “super-fast electronic muscles to power its wings.”
Latest reports are suggesting that rhino poachers have been working in tandem with game rangers to successfully kill off any living rhino in Mozambique. Last month, 15 of the animals remained in the Mozambican part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, but have since been poached for their horns.
Stop wasting money on menial tasks with these clever uses for household items.
Heracleion was once believed to be nothing more than a myth, a legend set far beneath the blue ocean. Ten years after divers stumbled upon its treasures deep beneath the ocean, archaeologists have produced a scientific rendering of what life in the city may have looked like.
Birds do it, bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. But only humans do it with apps. These ten apps will aid you in your pregnancy, and make life for you, your partner, and your baby considerably easier.
Since man first penetrated Earth’s atmosphere, a slew of garbage has been piling up in Near Space. The majority of the junk up there is from space shuttles. Heiner Klinkrad, a European Space Agency (ESA) space expert estimates there to be about 27,000 objects in orbit, travelling 80 times faster than a passenger jet, and that number grows, daily.
Killer whales have been known to launch coordinated attacks on other whales, sharks and even wave-wash seals. On 18 April 2013, photographer Shawn Heinrichs captured one of the very few recorded incidents of killer whales attacking a pod of sperm whales.
The world’s fastest land animal, the cheetah, survived the extinsion of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. But in just a few decades man has managed to put the animal on the endangered species list, and experts are warning that the cheetah could be extinct by 2030.
2oceansviber, Howard James Fyvie got in touch to share this video of a flange (best collective noun, ever) of baboons methodically wrecking a lovely coastal home in Betty’s Bay. It’s mental, and a little bit scary.
Remember the Ultimate Dog Tease? That video got over 136 million views. This is pretty much its sequel. The dorky voice, high energy, excellent dog eyebrows, and 4,5 million views of this video in four days make “Dog Wanting A Kitty” today’s viral video
In 2003, on the remote island of Flores in Indonesia, an 18,000 year-old fossil was discovered of Homo Floresiensis, a humanoid, one metre high. The discovery of the fossil led researchers to believe that they were a unique species of human, and not in fact deformed.
Yesterday, Twitter was booming with warnings of an ominous storm that was set to break over Cape Town. Some people didn’t take the storm warnings seriously enough, and it didn’t take long for Twitpics of flooded streets to roll in. Check out the full gallery
Atlantic Fog Time-lapse from Eric Nathan on Vimeo.
Photographer Eric Nathan captured the fog rolling in over Cape Town on Sunday evening, and the results are glorious. Check out the amazing time lapse video, after the jump
For years, science has agreed that plastic waste is destructive for our environment , but not according to Somerset West inventor, William Graham. To Graham, the tons of plastic waste produced by our society on a weekly basis is an ever-growing stack of gold
This is probably one of the greatest things we’ve seen on the interwebs in a while. Or at least, since yesterday. Published on Monday, this video has already racked up over 12 million views, which makes it the clearest winner for Today’s Viral Video
SA’s rhino poaching problem is finally getting the global recognition it deserves. With over 200 rhinos killed already this year (668 last year), SKY News’ Alex Crawford investigates..
Roger Shepard, a hiker from New Zealand has captured the one thing that still ties North and South Korea together, the Baekdu Daegan mountain range. Check out these incredible photos.
This cat has just discovered the mirror, and tries to figure out, with a couple of waves, if that cat in the mirror is her, or just another ridiculously good looking cat.
La Salada market in Argentina is now home to a new breed of dog, which actually happens to be a ferret, on muscle building supplements
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) actions are far outweighing their organizations name. In the last 11 years, aprroximately seven animals are killed daily. While an on site inspection revealed that of 254 animals received, 90% were euthanized within 24 hours of receiving them. And they call themselves an animal shelter.
Guinea pigs don’t require the land that cattle do. They can be kept in backyards, or in your home. They’re docile and easy to raise. And they’re great with a wedge of lemon
The utter cuteness, enthusiasm and downright craziness of the canine gymnast far exceeds the visual pleasure usually derived from an exhibition of human trampoline trickery. Like A Boss.
Justin Bieber leaves his baby monkey, OG Mally with German authorities in quarintine, because he failed to provide the appropriate clearance forms.
Feeling hungry? Well the largest egg in the world is up for auction in London next month. Find out how you can get your hands on this biggun’.
Last month Chinese solar panel making company, Suntech Power filed for bankruptcy. And it seems it’s not the only solar panel manufacturer heading into trouble, with bankruptcy fears looming for a multitude of solar panel makers across the globe. Innovation in the industry has also taken a decisive dip as a compound effect of the […]
Nami is a ghost town. Having played host to a nuclear power plant, the town became the icon of suffering in the wake of the 2011 Japanese Tsunami, which destroyed much of Japan’s North Eastern coastline. Shortly thereafter, the nuclear power plant melted down, having sustained critical damage in the wave. Google Street View has […]
The Indian Federal Government has deployed drones to help with the protection of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park. In addition to the drones, the park has been granted $7 million (R64,8 million) and an additional 500 guards. The drones would track the location of the rhinos, and hopefully capture any poaching attempts on camera for the […]
Gross. Firstly her name is Sabrina Boing Boing. Secondly she used to be a Pamela Anderson impersonator. Thirdly she’s breastfeeding a calf. The former member of the Pussycat Dolls knock-off group “Sexy Dolls” and self proclaimed animal lover made headlines last week for her crazy stint which she justified by commenting, “some things don’t need to make […]
Is it a pug? Is it a alien? No, it’s Sir Charles Barkley the French Bulldog from Seattle with his own Instagram and Facebook page. Owners Paul and Melissa started Barkley’s Instagram account in order to avoid bombarding their friends’ feeds with photos of their new baby. Little did they know that this fuzz ball was […]
A joint research effort between the United States and the United Kingdom could result in bacteria acting as microscopic “bio-batteries.” The powerful bacteria, Shewanella oneidensis, have been confirmed by scientists to generate an electrical charge. Dr Tom Clarke, a lecturer at the school of biological sciences at the University of East Anglia and lead researcher […]