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These images differ widely from the Chauvet examples - located deep underground, well away from living areas - Castanet art works all close to the objects used in everyday life.

The biggest insect, in terms of weight, on earth the Giant Weta tips the scales at three times the weight of an average mouse, 70grams or more, but the one found in a tree by Mark has now been officially declared to be the largest ever found to date.

This new paint was invented by Boysen, a local paint manufacturer, and has within it modified titanium dioxides designed to break toxic fumes down into much more benign compounds. Commonly used in regular paint, the molecules in this chemical compound have been micronized.

Environmentalists just love salt ponds, providing as they do such productive resting and feeding ground for many species of waterfowl.

Just to actually SEE an extremely rare albino ruby-throated hummingbird is almost beyond belief, yet this environmentally aware set of Virginia teenagers and preteens actually had cameras with them.

These frogs - relatives of the infamous S American poison-dart variety - also have toxins in their skins, the vibrant colours meant to warn off creatures intent on eating them.

Because of some political malice we have some hilarious never ending issues which are deeply affecting the people all over the world.

Nearly three weeks ago a bald eagle was found in a parking lot - he had been shot and was bleeding from his mouth. He was lying on his back - at death's door. Luckily he was found and turned over to a local environmental center where he made a miraculous recovery.

These fearsome creatures have large mouths filled with razor-sharp teeth, and are voracious predators, eating absolutely everything in any stretch of water they inhabit.

The 50th Anniversary of this great movie was celebrated on 5th April 2012. President Obama had invited the celebrities connected with the movie and screened it in the White House.

Claude now weighs a full 15lbs in weight and is 15 in across, he is still a juvenile, and when fully grown will weigh twice as much and be at least 3in broader.

Possibly representing an brand new evolutionary line on the human family tree, with anatomically unique skulls they appear very different to all modern humans. Since they persisted to 11,000 years ago, they must have existed at the same time as modern man, but isolated from them.

Polar Bears are not necessarily a doomed species, because most scientists believe that enough ice will remain around the north-west of Greenland and the north-east of Canada to support a reasonable population.

The River Ganges or Ganga is a river is considered as Holy River in India. The River Ganges has been declared as the national river of India. The Hindus believe that the river is an avatar of a goddess. They call it affectionately as Mother Ganges. Unfortunately, the River Ganga is so...

The Russian team published a 2010 study which estimated annual methane emissions from this region at 8,000,000 tons a year, but the latest findings make this seem a gross underestimate of the real situation.