10 Amazing Facts About Cherry Blossoms
Cherry blossom season is a major tourist draw for any city that’s lucky enough to grow ornamental cherry trees.
Cherry blossom season is a major tourist draw for any city that’s lucky enough to grow ornamental cherry trees.
The phenomenon might look like a biblical plague, but the source is far more mundane.
Here's what you should know about this year's spring equinox, including whether you can balance an egg during the event.
Some visitors have chosen Japan’s Aokigahara, or ‘suicide forest,’ as the setting for their final moments—walking in with no intention of ever walking out.
Shark-related tourist activities are now illegal in Mexico’s Isla Guadalupe Biosphere Reserve—a hotspot for great whites.
A team of dedicated scientists is raising eastern hellbenders and releasing them into rivers, helping these ample amphibians to survive.
Volcanoes do more than just spew lava. They can usher in revolutions, inspire great works of literature, or even convince people they're seeing ghosts.
If you’re planning an early February trip to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, you might want to know the difference between groundhogs and gophers.
Before 2003's 'Finding Nemo,' 'Dory fish' were best known by another name. Actually, several other names.
Moose shed their antlers each winter, but the event is seldom captured on video.
What is likely the world's largest cane toad—dubbed Toadzilla—weighed just shy of six pounds when it was found in Australia.
Despite being all around us, foxes are a bit of a mystery. Here's more about this elusive animal.
Slime mold definitely had a moment—but it’s hard to beat two dead salamanders floating in a carnivorous plant.
Summer, winter, and fall may have their fans, but spring is clearly the best season. Even science agrees.
Want to commune with nature? Here's how to do it while saving a few bucks.
Koalas possess one of the greatest discrepancies between voice pitch and size in the animal kingdom.
The boogie-woogie aphid is nicknamed for an unusual defense mechanism.
To harvest wild chocolate from the Amazon, cacao hunters have to avoid cocaine smugglers, flash floods, and giant anacondas.
These haunted woods are not for the faint of heart.
Funny animal photos don’t get much better than a gentoo penguin doing “talk to the hand” (or fin, rather).
The frequency of cricket chirps rises with the heat, and you can use them to estimate the temperature wherever you are—no thermometer needed.
The California State Library Parks Pass is basically a golden ticket to the Golden State’s great outdoors. Your state might have a similar program in place.
The Luno Air Mattress 2.0 is designed to make car camping comfortable. Here's what we learned after testing it ourselves.
North Dakota’s sunflower season is almost over, but these captivating photos and videos won’t fade.