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A worm survived 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost Researchers revived a previously unknown species of microscopic worm from ancient Siberian permafrost. after thawing, it began feeding, moving and producing offspring 📚 @TheOpenUniversity 📚

The penguin's eye

Rare red sprites captured above a village in Corsica during thunderstorms near Spain Photographer Florian Riou captured this rare phenomenon, in which red flashes appear high above thunderstorms and last only a few milliseconds. 📚 @TheOpenUniversity 📚

This is what corn looked like before humans domesticated it Modern corn was once a tiny wild grass called teosinte. Over roughly 9,000 years, human selection transformed it into the huge ears we grow today 📚 @TheOpenUniversity 📚

This Is the “Zen Monkey” of Vietnam The red-shanked douc is a brilliantly colored monkey from Vietnam, recognizable by its golden face, white ruff, reddish legs and naturally powder-blue eyelids 📚 @TheOpenUniversity 📚

This is how plants breathe. A close-up view of a single stoma on the leaf of a boat lily, seen through a microscope. 📚 @TheOpenUniversity 📚

Giraffes have nowhere to hide during storms 📚 @TheOpenUniversity 📚

The Shadows During an Eclipse.😮 📚 @TheOpenUniversity 📚

Happy World Lion Day 🌟 🌎🌿 Mother Nature 🌿❤️