Beasts of the Ice Age
From giant apes and saber-toothed cats to massive mammoths and mastodons, these are the largest creatures of the Ice Age. Epic Wildlife counts down 16 of these amazing beasts.
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Call Me Stormy
Finding righteous currents in turbulent times
Archive for the category “Animal Kingdom”
When Apes Conquered Europe
It wasn’t quite Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but between 23 million and 5 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch, apes occupied all of Europe. The massive migration was the direct result of Africa’s climate becoming drier and experiencing more seasonal variations. Today, the apes live only in small pockets of Asia and Africa. So what happened to the apes in Europe? PBS Eons gives us the answers.
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When Fish First Breathed Air
Four hundred million years ago, a group of fish would undertake one of the most important journeys in the history of life and become the first vertebrates to live on dry ground. But first, they had to acquire the ability to breathe air. So how did these animals, which had been adapted for millennia to life under water, learn how to breathe? PBS Eons host Kallie Moore takes an in-depth look at the group’s incredible journey.
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Feral Hogs: No Meme
Everyone laughs when rural citizens justify holding onto their guns to protect against wild hogs. Guess what? No one should be laughing now. Not after a Texas woman was killed after being attacked by a pack of 30 to 50 feral hogs. More from Mr. Obvious.
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How We Domesticated Cats
Unlike dogs, it’s difficult to get cats to do stuff. So how on earth did we domesticate these sometimes lovable felines? Actually, feral cats are thought to have been domesticated twice–once in southeast Asia 10,000 years ago and again in Egypt 3,500 years ago. Today, cats have truly taken over the world with an estimated population of 600,000 million. In the following video, PBS Eons tells us the story of how the close relationship between cats and humans began and is still flourishing today.
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How T-Rex Lost Its Arms
Three characteristics dominate the legacy of Tyrannosaurus Rex: It was huge, vicious and had small arms. The story of how it lost those small arms is pretty simple, but why it kept the puny limbs is another tale. PBS Eons host Hank Green fills us in on the details.
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The True Scale of Megalodon
The most terrifying sea creature still around today is the inimitable Great White shark. Notable for its size, it can grow to lengths of 20 feet and 4,200 pounds at maturity. But no matter how fearsome, the Great White pales in comparison to Megalodon, its ancestor of more than 2 million years ago.
Megalodon had similar features of the Great White, but grew to spooky lengths of 59 feet and weighed, on average, about 60 tons. Real Life Lore takes a closer look at this sea monster and introduces us to the Livivatan, a giant sperm whale that roamed the oceans at the same time.
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From Bacteria To Beethoven
For a century, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has been as unquestioned as Newton’s theory of gravity. But science never stops asking questions. Or at least it’s not supposed to. Stephen Meyer, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, takes up the challenge in this video. Are there questions about the origins of life that Darwinism can’t answer? More from PragerU.
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Is This Our Future?
Picture a gourmet meal in the future. How many maggots can you swallow? That’s right, scientists who study bugs are thinking harder about how to turn them into good food. So now they are dangling new specialties like maggot sausage and insect ice cream. More from Computing Forever.
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