Meet the terrifying large frogmouth, or Batrachostomus auritus, a bird native to Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei. It’s menacing jagged shape and brown camouflaged feathers make it look like some sort of jungle stealth fighter looking for a fight. And don’t even think about getting near its baby (look closely at the picture above). It’s…
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Scientists have discovered the oldest known cave painting – and it’s a big, fat pig.
Unusually high sulfur content causes Kawah Ijen volcano to spew beautiful, brilliant, spectral blue lava
Kawah Ijen, part of the Ijen volcano complex, is a group of stratovolcanoes in East Java, Indonesia. With an active crater that’s over 200 meters deep, the volcano complex is also home to the world’s largest turquoise-colored acidic lake, full of sulfuric acid, that produces a highly-unusual effect on the volcano’s lava flows. Instead of…
Unusual April 2012 Indonesian Earthquake may have broken tectonic plate and created new plate boundary
The April 11, 2012 series of Earthquakes in Indonesia may have been a bigger event than originally thought – they may have broken the tectonic plate. The largest of the quakes was a magnitude 8.7 offshore quake that produced stronger ground-shaking than any earthquake in history. Scientists found it odd that it triggered several earthquakes…