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Chinese Cat Grows Wings

By greenexpander ⋅ September 2, 2008 ⋅ 43 comments

According to Huashang News, a cat in China belonging to an old woman grew two hairy long wings. “At first, they were just two bumps, but they started to grow quickly, and after a month there were two wings,” she said. Feng, the old woman from Xianyang city, Shaanxi province, said the wings contain bones [...]

Panda Cubs Born in China

By greenexpander ⋅ July 30, 2008 ⋅ 13 comments

We rarely have endangered animals reproducing in captivity, so when something like this happens, the event is worth being mentioned. Four giant panda bears were born 3 days ago at a breeding center in southwest China. With the new additions, the Chinese center now has 71 pandas in captivity.

A Six-Legged Deer Discovered After Attack

By greenexpander ⋅ July 24, 2008 ⋅ 22 comments

A mutant, six-legged deer was discovered in Everett Springs, Georgia in the US after being viciously attacked by two dogs. The little one has two distinct pelvises and uses one leg from each to walk. It also had two tails but lost one following the attack of the dogs. The fawn is now recovering slowly [...]

Newly discovered fossil links frogs to salamanders

By greenexpander ⋅ May 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Scientists recently discovered the 290 million-year-old fossil of a “frogamander”, which links modern frogs and salamanders and may provide the answer for the long debate about amphibian ancestry. Details about the evolution of frogs, salamanders and earthworm-like caecilians are still sketchy for scientists but this discovery will hopefully set the record straight.

What Really Caused the Great Extinction?

By greenexpander ⋅ March 25, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

A new study shows that the poisonous gases coming from the ocean may have not triggered the world’s greatest mass extinction. The world lost about 90% of the ocean species and 70% of its land species 251 million years ago, when the Permian period came to an end.
Scientists suspect that the high levels of hydrogen [...]

Stingray kills woman on boat

By greenexpander ⋅ March 21, 2008 ⋅ 16 comments

A woman from Michigan was killed Thursday in the Florida Keys by a stingray that flew out of the water and struck her in the face. Judy Kay Zagorski was simply sitting in a boat, driving at 25 mph, when she spotted the stingray that jumped out of the water into her boat. According [...]

Dolphins saves stuck whales

By greenexpander ⋅ March 12, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

In New Zealand or any other areas for that matter, dolphins usually swim next to humans or play with each other. This time, they decided to do something different, a story that will make us smile and think about these adorable creatures.
People sawMoko, a bottlenose dolphin swim to two stranded whales and guiding them back [...]

Japan to invest over 1 bln. for the climate

By greenexpander ⋅ March 2, 2008 ⋅ One comment

The country notorious for its whale hunting activies is prepared to invest up to $1.93 billion in an international fund that will encourage the use of renewable energy in developing countries. According to the Nikkei financial daily, the total fund of $4.82 billion will be made up by Japan, the United States and Britain.

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