Cubes of biodiversity
Photographer David Liitschwager’s book A World in One Cubic Foot shows the beautiful natural diversity from our world. Liitschwager’s aim was simple - to leave the cube and photograph every species that passed through it, from racoons and squirrels to crabs and seal lion pups.
The mysterious, and often strange-looking deep-water sharks are instead adapted for life at depths of around 6,500 feet in a largely unexplored swath of ocean.
Despite our plunder of the oceans incredible discoveries are still made - save the seas - save sharks - respect life.
A decade-long marine census involving 2,700 scientists and 9,000 days at sea found thousands of species.
The Census of Marine Life, 2010, estimated there are more than one million species in the oceans, with at least three-quarters of them yet to be discovered. The $US650 million ($A669 million) international study found more than 6,000 potentially new species, and found some species considered rare were actually common.
A revolutionary eight-part television series that reveals the dramatic rise of the animal kingdom through the breakthroughs of scientific discovery.
For the first time ever, scientists believe they have gathered substantial evidence that points to a single animal group of creatures that gave rise to all animals, including humans. ”Animal Eve” is a group of creatures that still exist: the sponges. Sponges, members of the phylum Porifera, are considered the oldest living animal phylum.
