I recall having heard this song periodically on the Sunday evening New Age program on my local National Public Radio station in the late 90’s-early 2000’s; the original version was punctuated with croaking frogs. This nature video was originally posted in April 2022 on Douyin; I can’t seem to decipher the Chinese well enough to track down that ( Read more... )

I live in the Detroit Metro area and saw two ducks today while on a walk. They were both brown, I'm assuming a male and a female. One was all brown and had black eyes, the other was all brown with I think a small colored spot on the wing, black eyes with a white circle around them. They were about the size of a Mallard, and looked very similar to a ( Read more... )

This one should be easier than my last question... I saw these trees in San Francisco and I'm really curious as to what type they are. They look very interesting!

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My parents are landscaping their backyard and found a local tree nearby that they like and would like to have in their yard, but don't know the name of. They took a picture of the tree itself and a close up of its leaves. Anyone know?


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The cumulative effect of harmful substances on animals the higher they are in the food chain.

For example, the toxic amounts of heavy metals in Tuna due to their eating fish that had eaten smaller fish who had eaten bottom feeders. Etc. Or the effects of pesticides used to control insect populations on birds.

Thanks!

Anyone here knowledgeable about astronomy? Or maybe just better at creative Googling or finding image sources than I am?

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What kind of flower is this? Thanks!


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Does anyone know what stone is in Meryl Streep's necklace in the film It's Complicated? It's a large, purplish-iridescent stone.

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This might be a bit silly, but google isn't helping at all!

A friend of mine mentioned something about alpha males in wolf packs using some kind of sound whenever the puppies are going too far away. Apparently this sound brings them back.

What is it called and what does it sound like?

About two years ago i saw a movie with a friend of mine but, i cannot for the life of me remember what it was called. All i remember is they smoked pot the entire time and wanted to do some sort of nature show,and i also recall a talking shark.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?