NATURE

A Custom Wheelchair Allowed This Brain-Injured Baby Raccoon to Walk Again

After Vittles the raccoon suffered a brain injury, she couldn't support herself. Now she's walking again with the help of a custom wheelchair.

Thousands of Tarantulas Are Crawling Around Colorado for Mating Season

The furry, mostly harmless creatures are looking for love—and hoping their mates don’t eat them after they find it.

10 Things You Might Not Know About Walden

Henry David Thoreau’s account of his time in the woods is much more than just fodder for motivational posters—it’s a work of transcendentalist philosophy that shaped how people see the natural world today.

Interactive Map Shows You Which Endangered Species Is Native to Your State

Endangered species can be found in all parts of the country. This map will show you which threatened animal is living in your home state.

Shelter Dogs Are Being Trained to Protect Wildlife—by Sniffing Poop

With their amazing sense of smell and boundless energy, some shelter dogs are the perfect candidates for tracking and protecting endangered species.

Ethiopia Breaks Record By Planting 350 Million Trees in 12 Hours

Volunteers from across Ethiopia worked together on Monday, July 29, to plant 350 million trees to make up for a century of deforestation.

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Wasps Are Living Through Winter and Building 'Super Nests' in Alabama

The super nests can hold multiple queens and up to 15,000 wasps—making them three times bigger than regular nests at their peak.

A Pair of Loons in Wisconsin Adopted a Baby Mallard Duck—and the Result Is As Adorable As Expected

The adoptive parents are teaching their duck how to be a loon, and the results are a little (dare we say it?) loony.

Las Vegas Is Being Invaded by Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers have invaded Las Vegas following a wet winter, and the swarms are so large that they're showing up on weather radar.

London Becomes World's First National Park City

London is still a bustling urban center, but as the world's first National Park City, it will invest more effort into improving and expanding its natural features.

England Is Being Invaded By a Swarm of Flying Ants That Can Be Seen From Space

The radar picked up some rain showers on England’s southern coast. But it was actually billions of flying ants.

A Retirement Home for Orcas Could Be Opening in Washington's San Juan Islands

After a life spent performing in tanks, orcas could receive care, protection, and freedom in a new open-water sanctuary off Washington state.

How Thomas Jefferson's Obsession With Mastodons Partly Fueled the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Thomas Jefferson thought mastodons might still be lurking somewhere out West—and he was determined to find them.

10 Quick Facts About Roadrunners

Roadrunners—the iconic birds of the American Southwest—are brave enough to feast on rattlesnakes and outsmart coyotes (really, we're not kidding).

A Python Swallowed a Crocodile Whole—and a Photographer Was There to Capture It All

Photographs show the struggle between the olive python and the freshwater crocodile—two of Australia's most impressive reptilian predators.

Hundreds of Kangaroos Roam the Green at This Australian Golf Course

Australia’s Anglesea Golf Club lets you play golf with—or at least, around—its 300-strong population of eastern grey kangaroos.

10 Surprising Facts About Shoebill Storks

With its massive beak and penetrating stare, a shoebill stork is not a bird you'd want to meet in a dark alley. Read on for some little-known facts about this African icon.

A Psychotropic Fungus Is Eating Away Cicadas' Genitalia and Boosting Their Sex Drive

Even when two-thirds of their bodies are composed of fungal spores, the host cicadas continue to attempt mating in a drugged-out stupor.

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A North Carolina Animal Rescue Group Is Using Old Bras to Save Injured Turtles

Don’t toss your old bras! Animal rescue groups can use them to mend the cracked shells of injured turtles.

See NASA’s Breathtaking Photo of a Volcanic Eruption From Space

A small island volcano that has been dormant since 1924 erupted this week. Astronauts photographed it from the International Space Station.

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Giant Copper Beech Tree Planted By Teddy Roosevelt Has Been Chopped Down

The giant copper beech tree that Theodore Roosevelt planted at Sagamore Hill, his Long Island home, has been removed from the National Park System property.

There Are 2373 Squirrels in New York's Central Park, Census Finds

Central Park in New York City is home to thousands of Eastern gray squirrels. Last year, a team of 300 volunteers counted them all.

10,000 People Gathered at Stonehenge to Welcome the Summer Solstice

There are plenty of reasons to celebrate the start of summer. Today, people visiting Stonehenge took that celebration to a whole new level.

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The Tree That Inspired Dr. Seuss's The Lorax Has Fallen Over

The whimsical Monterey cypress believed to have inspired Dr. Seuss's 'The Lorax' toppled over for unknown reasons.

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