The agency that oversees international trade involving rare animals approved on Saturday the sale of 60 tons of ivory to Japan despite fears it could lead to increased poaching of endangered elephants.

Side note: Learn more about elephants here. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

Perhaps you own a pair of bird watching binoculars to study all types of winged friends and get a better understanding of how they function everyday. Or maybe you have a telescope set up in your bedroom or on your back porch to get up close and personal with stars in galaxies far away. While these tools provide amazing views to what’s happening around us, imagine having the power of some of ... read full post picked by kakana 5 months ago

If you wanted to visit the world's largest fish tank, you'd have to go to Okinawa, Japan, home of the "Kuroshio Sea," otherwise known as the Churaumi Aquarium. picked by punthe 1 year ago

Without a doubt, this is the world's largest baseball bat, which can be found at the Louisville Slugger Museum, 800 West Main Street, Louisville, KY. It's 120 feet tall and said to be modeled after Babe Ruth's bat. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Indonesian scientists are reconstructing the largest, most complete skeleton of a prehistoric giant elephant ever found in the tropics, a finding that may offer new clues into the largely mysterious origins of its modern Asian cousin. picked by bingo 5 months ago

Iranian artist Ali Khaliqi has designed the world's largest, hand-woven carpet. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"We didn't pay 37 million zlotys (7.6 million pounds) for the largest elephant house in Europe to have a gay elephant live there," picked by kakana 8 months ago

THE first Australian-born elephant calf is already showing signs he's a fair dinkum Aussie, spending his first day drinking and taking it easy.
The male calf was born to Asian elephant Thong Dee at 3.08am (AEST) in Taronga Zoo's Elephant Barn this morning after a short labour. picked by kakana 5 months ago

A newfound 60-million-year-old creature called Eritherium azzouzorum—the oldest known elephant ancestor—bolsters the case that whole new orders of mammals were already around less than 6 million years after global catastrophe ended the age of reptiles some 65.5 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

First it was bluefin tuna, then Playboy bunnies, then the world’s wheat crop. Now the Great Barrier Reef is going to be gone in 20 years, according to marine scientist Charlie Veron.
Once carbon dioxide had hit the levels predicted for between 2030 and 2060, all coral reefs were doomed to extinction, he said. “They would be the world’s first global ecosystem to collapse.” picked by Bingo 4 months ago

The previously unknown, squirrel-size species is the world's largest known elephant shrew and the only new species from the group to be discovered in more than a century. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

One small step for Motola the elephant, a giant leap for the world's injured animals.
Motola lost her foot and most of her left leg when she walked over a landmine ten years ago.

But yesterday, she stepped out happily - if a little tentatively - after being fitted with a state-of-the-art artificial limb.
Update to this picked by Bingo 3 months ago

SEATTLE - A previously unknown elephant herpes virus killed the Woodland Park Zoo's youngest Asian elephant, zoo officials said Monday.

Six-year-old Hansa, who died last month, was one of 12 elephants fathered by a bull at a zoo in Missouri.

...Okay, who didn't take their Valtrex? picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Currently the world’s largest airplane, the An-225 Mriya (Dream) is an enlarged version of the An-124. The original purpose of the An-225 was to ferry large components used in the Soviet space program. These duties were formerly performed by a modified M-4 Molot bomber, but this aircraft did not have the payload capabilities required by the rocketry developments of the 1980s. picked by Betmenko 3 years ago

Scientists claim to have uncovered the world's largest haul of dinosaur fossils in China.

They recovered some 7,600 fossils from a 980ft-long pit near Zhucheng city in the eastern province of Shandong in a dig lasting seven months. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

With a viewing area that measures 11 feet by 6 1/4 feet and 8.84 million pixels of resolution, the TV (which has no model number and no date for being commercialized) is regularly thronged by crowds of slack-jawed onlookers, unable to comprehend the thing. picked by punthe 2 years ago

A groundbreaking took place Monday at Nellis Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the desolate, arid, windswept Mojave Desert. The ceremony will initiate construction on what will be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) array in the United States, capable of producing 15-18 megawatts of power. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

An international team of scientists has identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A 151-pound cupcake in Minneapolis has been certified as the world's largest. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Practicing on SUV's pays off for New York Blue's in their first ever attempt in the World Elephant Polo Championships. picked by suebe 10 months ago