NATURE

A gondola ride in Venice sounds as tranquil as it looks.

Take a Virtual Vacation With Relaxing Sounds From 50 Travel Destinations Around the World

Nature sounds, wave sounds, even city sounds—here’s background noise from whichever vacation you wish you were on.

15 Fun Gifts for an Amateur Naturalist

All you really need to study the natural world is a hearty amount of curiosity—but the right goods and gear can certainly help.

The 10 Most Visited National Parks in 2019

From Acadia in Maine to Zion National Park in Utah, these were the most-visited national parks in the U.S. in 2019.

Wildfires have reached historic proportions this year.

What Exactly Is a Gigafire?

The August Complex fire ravaging California is being called a "gigafire," and it's every bit as imposing and destructive as the name implies.

Johann Jaritz, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

England's New Forest National Park Shares Digital Library of Centuries-Old 'Witch's Marks' Tree Etchings

Southern England's New Forest National Park is filled with trees covered in centuries-old carvings, including symbols meant to ward off evil spirits.

Lefty, last year's Fat Bear Week runner-up.

Drop Everything! Fat Bear Week Has Arrived in Alaska’s Katmai National Park

The brown bears are ballooning in preparation for the long winter—and it’s up to you to decide which is the fattest.

Thailand National Park Officials Mailed Trash Back to Litterbugs

A group of inconsiderate campers recently received a package from Khao Yai National Park filled with their own trash and a note that said, "Please let us return these to you."

Acorn woodpeckers like to watch a good fight, and scientists aren't sure why.

Bird Battle Royale: Acorn Woodpeckers Fight to the Death, and Other Birds Like to Watch

Groups of warring woodpeckers butt heads over territory and acorns. Other woodpeckers fly in from miles away to witness their avian prizefights.

Take a Virtual Fall Foliage Tour With These Nature Webcams

You can appreciate the foliage in states like New Hampshire, Vermont, and Colorado from your computer this autumn.

Meet Your Home's Microbes in The Great Indoors

Author Emily Anthes explores the thriving communities of bacteria and fungi with which we share our abodes—and what they reveal about us.

A volunteer for World Central Kitchen prepares hurricane relief meals.

5 Ways You Can Help Victims of Hurricane Laura

Louisiana’s latest hurricane was one of the strongest in U.S. history. Here’s how to partake in the relief efforts.

How to Remove a Tick Safely and Effectively

If you find a tick on your body, don't panic—removing it the right way fast drastically reduces your chances of contracting any diseases it might be carrying.

A photo of Marsha P. Johnson from the 2017 documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson.

New York Just Renamed Brooklyn’s East River State Park After LGBTQ+ Icon Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha P. Johnson was present at the Stonewall Riots of 1969, but that’s just part of her very important legacy.

NPS/Cascades Carnivore Project, Flickr // CC BY 2.0

Wolverine Family Spotted in Mount Rainier National Park for the First Time in a Century

Special remote cameras have detected a rare nursing female wolverine and her two kits in Washington's Mount Rainier National Park.

Blood stars and Acadian redfish lurk near plates and a stove from the Portland.

New Expedition Will Explore the 1898 Shipwreck Known as ‘New England’s Titanic’—And You Can Livestream It

The SS 'Portland' vanished into the Atlantic during a storm of the century, but we still don’t know exactly why it sank.

These hikers's gut microbes are running the show.

Craving Nature? Your Gut Microbiome Might Be Responsible

Your gut microbes might be yearning for their outdoor counterparts—and telling your brain to go find them.

Ray Scott, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY SA 3.0

Beavers on Devon's River Otter to Become England's First Permanent Population in Centuries

A five-year trial has proven the beaver families on England's Otter River are not harmful to the local ecosystem—they actually benefit it.

Can You Spot All 10 Differences in These Illustrations of a Lively Park?

Park outings are for sunny days, and spot-the-difference pictures of park outings are for rainy ones.

The mug shot of Washington's smallest (but still much too large) criminal.

Washington Officials Just Caught Their First ‘Murder Hornet’—Now They Have Less Than Two Months to Find Its Nest

A murder hornet’s stinger can do some serious damage to humans, but what its pincers do to bees is arguably worse.

Iceland's Skógafoss waterfall wants you to wail your heart out.

Go Yell It on the Mountain: Iceland Will Blast Your Scream Into the Wilderness

The Iceland tourism board is bringing back primal scream therapy to promote its impressive landscapes.

Dietmar Rabich, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

Joshua Tree National Park Closes Two Campgrounds Due to ‘Aggressive’ Honey Bees

Aggressive honey bees (not to be confused with murder hornets) have invaded Joshua Tree National Park.

A pile of genetically-related Argentine ants

10 Facts About Argentine Ants

Invasive Argentine ants have built a 560-mile-long supercolony underneath California, making them virtually impossible to eradicate.

Claude Monet

Learn about Claude Monet, the Impressionist painter of 'Water Lilies' and 'Impression, Sunrise.'

No Squawking, Please: A Backyard Bird Library Is the Star of This Livestream

This bird feeder webcam shows a miniature backyard library where the feathered guests get to misbehave.

PREV NEXT