Hundreds of newly hatched spiders can carpet an area with silk filaments. Credit: Little Grove Farms, CC BY 3.0,, via Wikimedia Commons If you pay attention and are lucky, you may happen to observe tiny spiders flyingsuspended in the air dragged by small triangular sails made of silk filaments. It’s …
Australian fur seals are shedding: there seems to be an association with pollution
Credit: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons TO Deen Maar a small island off the coast of South Australia something unusual is happening: some Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) they are losing large portions of their fur. Sea lions, not to be confused with seals, are …
Bad weather in Italy, strong thunderstorms, storms in Liguria and a victim in Friuli: the damage
Waterspout in front of Santa Margherita Ligure. Photo by Ale Kiaske The first real one late summer disturbance appeared on our Peninsula, determining a phase of strong meteorological instability. As indicated in the forecasts of recent days, starting from Wednesday 9 September the descent of one sagging of Atlantic origin …
