Octopuses have highly developed brains. And have been found to have sophisticated problem-solving abilities, such as being able to open jars and solve mazes. They also have excellent camouflage skills that allow them to blend into their environment and hide from predators.
Since it obviously looks different then the typical hot sandy deserts, Antarctica is known as the White Desert. Most of Antarctica is considered to be a desert due to little to no precipitation. Precipitation plays a role with the cold temps since there is little water vapor in the air to retain heat from the …
Mink are a part of the same family as otters, weasels, and ferrets. Mink can be found in most states from Florida up to Maine and from the East coast all the way to the West. Mink are typically nocturnal and will make their dens under rocks, driftwood, hollow logs or will takeover abandoned beaver …
The name Pacific Ocean is from the Portuguese name, Mar Pacifico, meaning “peaceful seas.” Named by Magellan because the warer was calm the day his fleet reached it in the year 1520. Magellan and his fleet were looking for spices on behalf of Spain but the Pacific Ocean had commonly used names among indigenous cultures …
Humans cannot see all of the light that the sun emits but light detecting, spectroscopic, telescopes can. This image composite from NASA reveals that hidden light and x-rays radiating from the Sun and its atmosphere. Image captures like this can help us determine why the Sun’s corona reaches temps in the millions which is 100 times hotter …