The ancient mystery of Platycrinus saffordi, the mysterious sea lily of the past, is finally revealed.   Long ago, in the past of Earth, there was a beautiful animal called Platycrinus saffordi that lived in the oceans. These amazing fossils, found in Indiana's famous Crawfordsville fauna, take us back in time to a time before even the time of the great dinosaurs. This sea lily was formed in the upper Lower Carboniferous period, which is about 330.9 to 346.7 million years ago. Its secrets still amaze and interest people today. While Platycrinus saffordi is sometimes called a "sea lily," it's important to note that crinoids, like…

Megalodon and Great White Shark Teeth Side by Side: A Look at Prehistoric Predators The Megalodon was a huge, scary, and very old animal that lived in the seas and was the main predator. This type of shark lived between 23 and 2.6 million years ago and left behind fossils that scientists and shark fans still find interesting. According to predictions, the Megalodon could grow to be as long as 20 meters, which is one of the most interesting things about it. There are some similarities between it and the current great white shark, but a closer look at their teeth shows some interesting differences and…

Jerry McGahan, an ornithologist, is with a beautiful 6-month-old Andean Condor in a picture that gets the essence of amazing bird beauty. The picture, which was taken by Helen and Franck Schreider, shows what life is like for the world's biggest flying bird. This beautiful picture has made an indelible mark; another version of it was even on the cover of National Geographic. When you look at both its length and weight, the Andean condor is the biggest flying bird in the world. It is the star of this show. The incredible size of it shows how beautiful nature's patterns are. When the Andean condor's wings…

There are more than 10,000 Easter eggs on this tree in Germany. In Saalfeld, Germany, the Easter Egg Tree was a beautiful piece of custom, creativity, and the joy of the holiday season for many years. It was beautiful, with more than 10,000 bright Easter eggs decorating it. It showed how hard the Kraft family works and how much they love each other. Decorating trees for the holidays is a tradition that goes back a long way in German society. Putting ornaments on Christmas trees is a tradition that goes back to the 1600s, when the first Christmas tree was brought to Germany. But the holiday…

The apple hunter in the Appalachians who found and saved 1200 different kinds   It's not easy to save more than 1,200 types of apples that have been lost. It needs careful planning, persistence, and a variety of study methods, from the usual to the unusual. This is where Tom Brown from Clemmons, North Carolina, comes in, says Southern Living. His interest in pomology has turned into a burning desire to find the lost food history of the Southeastern United States. To do this, he's looked through orchard catalogs from the antebellum period, walked through a lot of empty woods, and driven tens of thousands of…

Taking Pictures of Nature's Show: A Photographer Gets Up Close to a Breaching Whale Next to a Fishing Boat Nature often surprises us with amazing shows. One photographer had the chance of a lifetime when he took a beautiful series of pictures of a huge humpback whale breaching just inches away from a fisherman on his boat who didn't see it coming. On a beautiful spring day in 2019, the strange event happened in Monterey Bay, California. Douglas Croft, a keen photographer, was out whale-watching in order to get some stunning pictures of these magnificent animals. He had no idea that he was about to see…