'Nature is Metal: It's A Life-Eats-Life World' shows Earth's flora and fauna in all of their hungry glory. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Stoats (Mustela erminea) are fierce and opportunist predators. The new book Nature is Metal: It's A Life-Eats-Life World features full-color photographs and vivid descriptions of the physical features, survival adaptations, and hunting skills innate to 75 of nature's most metal plants, animals, and natural phenomena. Available from Workman, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. wherever books are sold on October 13. A self-taught storyteller with a sharp eye for viral content, he's created his own unique voice that's defined a new way of seeing nature online.

Environment Animals Wildlife Fish'One of the ocean's best-kept secrets' spotted near Massachusetts Hint: They have a 12-foot-wide wingspan and can weigh up to 1,100 pounds. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A group of rays is called a fever. As the summer drew to a close, aerial surveyors with the New England Aquarium saw more than 2,000 animals across 15 different marine species in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, southeast of Cape Cod. Among that vast diversity, the team spotted Chilean devil rays ().

Rare'pumpkin spice' baby sea turtle spotted in Florida'This little one, surprisingly, had an earthy tone of autumn.' More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The orange color is cute and festive, but bad for camouflage. While fall officially began only a few weeks ago, many of us have come to expect pumpkins and Halloween decorations in stores as early as August. And this year, an adorable baby turtle joined in on the early autumnal festivities. In August, Florida native Michael Landress spotted a loggerhead turtle () hatchling making its way toward the water.

T. rex ruled the land. These Cretaceous Era apex predators had the sea. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Paleontologists reconstructed mosasaur anatomy based on their fossil records and present-day predators like the Komodo dragon. Mosasaurs are terrifying enough based on their fossils alone.

All those container ships and fishing vessels are only generating noise in the first place because there's a consumer downstream paying them to do so. By simply opting to purchase more goods locally, Fournet notes, everyday people can play at least a small part in reducing their overall contribution to ocean noise. In other words, a farmer's market apple might not just taste better; it's better for whales too. "In this case, sure, humans are the problem," Fournet adds. "Humans in this case are also the solution. We created this problem, but we do have the capacity to fix it."

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When asked why Jean-Olivier Irisson, a scientist at Sorbonne Université in Paris, decided to dedicate his life to studying microscopic creatures in the sea, his answer was simple: "They are beautiful." Beauty may not be the first thing that comes to mind when we think of plankton - organisms that drift in water and come in an extraordinary variety of shapes and sizes. But images by Irisson's team tell a different story. Shown in striking blues and oranges, as well as black and white, they reveal an unfamiliar and strangely beautiful world. "This one served as the model for the head of the creature in the Alien movie franchise," Irisson said, pointing to one particularly unusual specimen.

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