Life 23 September 2020 By Michael Le Page A Cuvier’s beaked whale beat the previous record for longest dive ever recorded by almost an hourDanielle_Waples A Cuvier’s beaked whale has made the longest dive by any mammal ever recorded, lasting 3 hours and 42 minutes. That smashes the previous record of 2 hours and 43…
By Jonathan O’Callaghan Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang has the longest known tailPEKKA PARVIAINEN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed a record-breaking comet, with a tail that stretched more than seven times the distance between Earth and the sun. Geraint Jones at University College London and his colleagues looked through past data from the mission…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…