Mara the whale is capable of great gentleness as she guides her calf, Kell, on an epic journey from the waters off Polynesia where he was born to Antarctica. In almost a human gesture, she wraps a protective flipper around her son. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

These heartbreaking photos of a mother whale and her calf being dragged to their death by Japanese whalers have been released by the Australian government and greeted with fury by the public. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Researchers say they have shown for the first time that humpback whale calves make sounds. The nonprofit Cetos Research Organization, which studied humpbacks off Maui and Kauai, say the grunts and squeals emitted by the young whales are messages for their mothers. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Joanne Mackie, 28, developed agonising blisters and an excruciating rash shortly after giving birth to son James. The painful welts across her back, legs, arms and chest caused her so much pain that she could not hold the newborn, and was forced to cover her arms in muslin cloth. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Perhaps the first stars in the newborn universe did not shine, but instead were invisible “dark stars” 400 to 200,000 times wider than the sun and powered by the annihilation of mysterious dark matter. The study calculated how the birth of the first stars almost 13 billion years ago might have been influenced by the presence of dark matter – the unseen, yet-unidentified stuff tha... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

NASA's Phoenix lander may have captured the first images of liquid water on Mars - droplets that apparently splashed onto the spacecraft's leg during landing, according to some members of the Phoenix team. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Canadian police are searching for a woman who abandoned her newborn baby in the washroom of a Wal-Mart store in the prairie province of Saskatchewan. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The first baby rhinoceros born in Uganda in almost 30 years has been named Obama because his father is from Kenya and his mother was born in the US. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Its early days in the trial but I'll be following this and letting you know all the way.

Its a crazy old world. picked by Milkshake 3 years ago

First-time elephant mother Rose-Tu gave birth to a 286-pound male elephant calf just before 4 p.m. Saturday.

There were two big surprises. The first was that Rose-Tu had a male calf instead of a female, and the second was how she reacted towards her newborn -- with violence and confusion. picked by muppet 1 year ago

The mother of 'Baby P' has apologised for her failures and said she punished herself every day over the death of her son, a British court heard overnight.
Peter's mother, 27, her 32-year-old boyfriend and lodger Jason Owen, 37, were convicted last year of causing or allowing his death in August 2007 at the age of just 17 months.
**Addition, not really update, to This Story picked by bingo 6 months ago

You'd think it was an impossible task: how can you make a great beast like a sperm whale provide a breath sample?

But scientists have come up with an ingenious method that involves flying a toy helicopter. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A mother duck was captured tipping her brood into the water after her five chicks attempted to take a rest on a floating plank of wood. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The whale was discovered Wednesday, caught in a lobster pot and netting south of the Rockaways.
*This is not far from my BF's place* picked by suebe 9 months ago

The new hybrid called Electric Indigo is a cross between the Egyptian White Water Lily that blooms at night and a blue Australian lily Nympaea Barre Hellquist that flowers during the day.

The new water lily with bright blue petals is the first successful attempt at breeding day blooming and night blooming species since attempts began in 1852. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

It is one of the rarest and most magical sights in the natural world. A bottlenose dolphin goes into labour . . . then a calf emerges, tail first. Mother guides baby gently to the surface, where they swim together for the first time. Very few dolphin births have been captured on film in such astonishing detail. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Tucker and Brad show their love for mom by taking a Mother's Day photo.

Happy Mother's Day! Now go call your mom. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Eco-tourists on a whale-watching vessel, looking forward to observing the mighty creatures in their natural habitat, were instead greeted by the sight of a harpooned whale being dragged in by a Japanese whaling vessel on Friday. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

The economic value of "special water" was first cultivated in Europe during the late 1700s when people began visiting natural springs to drink the water or bathe in it. Then in 1767, Jackson's spa in Boston began bottling their water. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A patrol officer stopped a car for suspicious driving and found to his surprise that a drunk mother had let her one-year-old son take the wheel. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago