Mothers wear the trousers in urban fox families: They decide which cubs get to stay in the group and which ones have to leave, and dads have no say in the matter, a recent study has found.
On August 1, 2011, Tropical Storm Emily, the 5th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, formed 40 mph winds and a pressure reading of 1006 mb.
How can a river flow in the ocean? Underwater rivers saltier than surrounding sea water. That means the water is more dense and sinks to the ocean bottom.
"We did not know the fungus can grow so huge," said Professor Yu-Cheng Dai, who made the discovery. "A small piece of the fruiting body is almost like my size."