Nature

Ten Amazing Natural Wonders in America

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/12/2015 • Comments

The Apostle Islands make the list –

August’s Perseid Meteor Shower

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/11/2015 • Comments

Peaking this week —

Tonight, A Blue Moon

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/31/2015 • Comments

In our night sky this evening, a blue moon (and why it’s called that):

Dance of a Peacock Spider (Maratus personatus)

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/30/2015 • Comments

Film: EYLENDA | Iceland 4K

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/21/2015 • 2 Comments

EYLENDA | Iceland 4K from Eylenda on Vimeo We are two filmmakers studying Audiovisual Media at the Stuttgart Media University in Germany. For our semester filmproject we have been fortunate enough to spend 14 days filming in Iceland. Our desire was to capture that stunning landscape and wildlife to take you on a journey through…

Agriculture, Nature

Threats to Honey Bees

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/18/2015 • Comments

Important to a thriving ecosystem and for agriculture, yet vulnerable —

Nature

Freaky Flowers: Echinopsis Cacti in Bloom

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/15/2015 • Comments

Freaky Flowers: Echinopsis Cacti in Bloom from EchinopsisFreak on Vimeo.

Nature

Time-Lapse of Calbuco Volcano’s Eruption

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/22/2015 • Comments

CALBUCO from Martin Heck | Timestorm Films on Vimeo.

Nature

Pluto and Charon from the New Horizons Probe

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/11/2015 • Comments

The New Horizons probe will zoom past, rather than move into orbit around Pluto. See, Here’s Why The New Horizons Spacecraft Won’t Be Stopping At Pluto @ io9.

Animals, Nature

Avalanche-Defying Rabbit

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/09/2015 • Comments

Avalanche! Run Rabbit Run! from HELIPRO on Vimeo.

Animation, Film, Nature

Skyglow

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/08/2015 • Comments

A simulation of the night sky without light pollution —

Art, Nature

Bees Help Sculpt a Tea Pot

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/04/2015 • Comments

"Thousand Years" by Tomas Libertiny from Studio Libertiny on Vimeo. Artist Tomas Libertiny partners with over 60.000 bees to create this splendid teapot wax sculpture. Libertiny made a teapot-shaped hive that the bees then colonized, building a hexagon comb around it and the Bees make their almost mathematically precise honeycomb structure around it. Just an…

Animals, Cats, Nature

Why Cats Seemingly Play with Their Prey

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/01/2015 • Comments

View image | gettyimages.com Every so often, someone will ask why cats seem to toy with their food. Why not, after all, simply pounce for a quick kill? Applied animal behaviorist Dr. Karen London supplies an answer: ….A study done decades ago investigated the playful behavior that cats often exhibit with their prey. The scientist Maxeen…