Nature

Freaky Flowers: Echinopsis Cacti in Bloom

by JOHN ADAMS • 07.15.2015

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

Time-Lapse of Calbuco Volcano’s Eruption

by JOHN ADAMS • 06.22.2015

CALBUCO from Martin Heck | Timestorm Films on Vimeo.

Pluto and Charon from the New Horizons Probe

by JOHN ADAMS • 06.11.2015

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.

Avalanche-Defying Rabbit

by JOHN ADAMS • 06.09.2015

Avalanche! Run Rabbit Run! from HELIPRO on Vimeo.

Skyglow

by JOHN ADAMS • 06.08.2015

A simulation of the night sky without light pollution —

Bees Help Sculpt a Tea Pot

by JOHN ADAMS • 06.04.2015

"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

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…