All tag results for 'unicorn'

Divorces are like unicorns to Kris Humphries: he doesn't believe in either of them.

But sadly, unlike unicorns, divorces DO exist in real life and he's having a hard time coming to grips with his own — mostly because he was blindsided by Kim filing this morning. We hear he's been telling friends he wanted to save the marriage and that all of the cheating is just a bunch of lies.

Also, we're hearing he's pretty "bummed" about it now that he knows she went and filed.

Chin up, Kris! Who knows what the next 72 days has in store for you??

PS — We wish unicorns existed! So majestic!! Ha

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: cheating, divorce, kim kardashian, kris humphries, marriage, unicorn

The Arabian oryx is a type of antelope that was on the verge of extinction but, due to a reintroduction program, was brought back from the brink.

Oryx were gathered from around the globe and were sent to Pheonix, Arizona due to the quality zoo there as well as the fact that it has a similar environment to the middle east.

There they were mated for years until their numbers grew. Then they were released into the wild of Saudi Arabia.

There were as few as 200 oryx in the world at one point, and now there are over 8,000.

The oryx is supposedly the source of the unicorn legend because their horns can break off, leaving behind a skull with one horn on it.

A man involved in the oryx program said:

"It's too early to call this a complete success, but from all indications, it is going in the right direction."

Yay! Welcome back oryx!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: arabian, oryx, saudi arabia, unicorn

Adorable Find!

Seven new forest mouse species have come out of hiding on Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines, researchers announced Monday.

Observations of each mouse's morphology as well as genetics suggest the seven newbies are part of a new subgenus called Megapomys, which is part of the genus Apomys. These mice are relatively large, weighing less than a half pound tails that are as long as, or slightly shorter, than the length of the animal's body and head.

"It is extraordinary that so many new species of mammals remain to be discovered in the Philippines, And we are nowhere close to the end of our discoveries. The Philippines may have the greatest concentration of unique species of animals of any country in the world,"

according to Danilo Balete, leader of the project's field team.

There's hoping they discover a dragon or a unicorn next!

Photo: Velizar Simeonovski, The Field Museum

Tags: animals, mammals, mice, mouse, new, project, research, unicorn

Hoary!!!!!

The Arabian Oryx, whose distinctive horns are widely believed to have given rise to the unicorn legend, is back from the brink of extinction in the deserts of the Arabian peninsula.

About 1,000 of the wild Oryx unicorn now exist owing to nearly three decades of successful breeding, the Swiss-based International Union for Conservation of Nature said Thursday.

Somewhere out there Ke$ha is totally excited for her most fav animal…. she's probs a little also drunk.

Unicorns coming back from extinction gives us hope that Dean Cain might someday reappear!

[Image via thirdage.com.]

Tags: asia, breed, breeding, conservation, desert, extinct, international, kesha, nature, unicorn, wild

We LOVE this! And she's playing it on a Born This Way unicorn!

SO faboosh!

Check out Lady GaGa performing her anthem, Hair, this morning on Good Morning America (above)!

How beautiful is it with just the piano and the vocals?! We're obsessed!

And check out Mother Monster's interview from the segment…AFTER THE JUMP!

Well done, gurl!

Tags: born this way, good morning america, hair, interview, performance, piano, promotional material, unicorn

Booo!

Yesterday, a sea monster was found under the Brooklyn Bridge.

We are very sad to report that sea monster found between the burrows was…. not actually a "sea monster".

Kim Durham, a rescue program director and biologist for the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation in Riverhead, N.Y., checked out the decomposing creature and knew right away what it was:

"We could tell it was an Atlantic sturgeon right away. They have bony plates all over their bodies. There's no mistaking a sturgeon."

Well, that's not as fun!

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a 1995 study found that there were about 9,500 juvenile Atlantic sturgeons in the Hudson River — so they're not even rare!

Whatever.

We still haven't given up on unicorns and mermaids!

Tags: biologist, director, marine, monster, ocean, pic, picture, preservation, research, unicorn, what the what

It's not an emo band, it's an animal!

This cutie is is so super rare super shy that humans didn't even know out them till 1992! (Moments later it was deemed critically endangered.)

Almost 20 years later, the furtive saola is getting a new nature reserve in Vietnam.

The rare, small-horned ox known as Asia’s unicorn is threatened due to illegal hunting with snares and dogs.

Conservationists estimate that there are no more than a few hundred saola left in the wild, but it is hard to know for sure since they are so shy and rarely seen.

There are no saola in captivity, and the few that have been captive died within days of capture.

Saola extinction in the wild means extinction everywhere.

[Image via thirdage.com.]

Tags: captivity, conservation, endangered, extinct, threatened, unicorn, vietnam, we want one