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Trees seen resting branches while ‘asleep’ for the first time

protaspis , n : (paleontology) A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature has not yet developed articulated segments.

This Fractal Puzzle Is The Smartest Jigsaw Puzzle Out There

Picture of the day on May 22, 2016: Strix nebulosa (Great grey owl) in the ZooParc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France.

This Fractal Puzzle Is The Smartest Jigsaw Puzzle Out There If you find huge puzzle pieces fitting perfectly into intricate spaces to be pleasing, this is the puzzle for you. May 21, 2016 at 05:25PM

Article of the day is Frigatebird. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Trees seen resting branches while ‘asleep’ for the first time For the first time, trees have been shown to undergo physical changes at night that can be likened to sleep, or at least to day-night cycles that have been observed experimentally in smaller plants.

Word of the day is protaspis : (paleontology) A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature has not yet developed articulated segments.

Strix nebulosa (Great grey owl) in the ZooParc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, France..

The Article of the day for May 22, 2016 is Frigatebird . Frigatebirds are a family—Fregatidae—of seabirds found across all tropical and subtropical oceans. The five living species are classified in a single genus, Fregata. All have predominantly black plumage, long, deeply forked tails and long hooked bills. Their pointed wings can span up to 2.3 metres (7.5 ft), with the largest wing area to body weight ratio of any bird. Females have white bellies and males have a distinctive red gular pouch, which they inflate during the breeding season. Able to soar for days on wind currents, frigatebirds spend most of the day in flight hunting for food. They mainly eat fish and squid that have been chased to the surface by large predators such as tuna. Frigatebirds are kleptoparasites as they occasionally rob other seabirds for food, and are known to snatch seabird chicks from the nest. Three of the five species are widespread, while two are endangered and restrict their breeding habitat to o...