NATURE

There Are 1600-Foot-Tall Waves Under the Ocean

Inside the Toxic Explosion Shooting Out of a Beetle’s Butt

Bombardier beetles share their name with Air Force crews who drop bombs for a reason.

You best be avoiding this cute skunk right about now.

10 Funky Facts About Skunks

Skunks get a bad rap, but there's amazing chemistry and crazy behavior behind the animal kingdom's smelly outcast.

20 Adult Camps for the Young At Heart

When a presidential candidate says adults in America are suffering from a "fun deficit," you know it's time to take the issue seriously. The following 20 camps are alternative ways to spend your allotted vacation time.

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11 Fascinating Facts About Beavers

With their incredibly strong teeth for cutting down trees and adaptions for semi-aquatic living, beavers are nature's wetlands engineers.

The cane toad, one of the world's invasive species.

11 Invasive Species Wreaking Havoc Around the World

Sure, cane toads seem pretty innocuous. But as several countries have discovered, it's one of the most invasive species on the planet.

Monarch Butterflies May Become an Endangered Species in 2015

5 Freaky and Fascinating Frogs

From burrowing in the soil to popping baby frogs out of their backs, the frogs in this list have some very strange habits.

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Koalas

They look cute and cuddly, but koalas are straight-up miracles of evolution. Here are a few surprising things you might not have known about koalas.

Hug a Tree—They Help Keep You Healthy

Nebraskan Julius Sterling Morton believed that planting trees could save America, and he convinced the state to celebrate Arbor Day in April 1872. By planting trees, Morton hoped to prevent erosion, preserve the topsoil, and break some of the raging winds

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10 Facts About the Extinct Passenger Pigeon

Just over a century ago, the world’s last passenger pigeon died at Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo on September 1. The extinction set off a worldwide bird conservation movement.

How Does the Farmers' Almanac Work?

How to Make Music with an Active Volcano

Meet Mount Etna. Europe’s tallest active volcano, this Sicilian landmark has a knack for inspiring artists.

Ernesto Gianoli and Fernando Carrasco-Urra

6 Plants That Are Masters of Disguise

These plants transform to trick the untrained eye.

The Orange Cave Crocodiles of Gabon

In 2010, a group of scientists went on an expedition into the Abanda caves in the rainforest of Gabon. Among the many creatures they found there—bats, snakes, moths, spiders, crickets, scorpions and other insects and arachnids—there was a surprise: An ora

We live among ancient trees that are thousands of years old.

6 of the Oldest Trees in the World

The oldest known trees are thousands of years old. The ancient plants have witnessed the rise and fall of multiple civilizations.

10 Awesome New Species Discovered in 2013

Geckos and shrubs and sharks, oh my! 2013 was a big year for new species. Scientists found hundreds of them this year. Here are some of our favorites.

Why Are Eggs Egg-Shaped?

There’s only one thing in this world shaped like an egg. Not exactly spherical, not exactly an oval, it’s kind of hard to describe what an egg looks like. “Asymmetric tapered oval”? Sure, why not.

13 Fascinating Facts About Bees

Sure, you know that bees pollinate our crops and give us honey. But there's so much more to these buzzing insects than that.

8 Cool Natural Earth Illusions

A phenomenon called pareidolia is what makes us interpret random stimuli as something meaningful. Here are 8 fantastic examples of the phenomenon in nature.

7 Surprising Ways Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You

Plants, dirt, and even rocks are more dangerous than you probably imagined.

The World's Most Amazing Staircases

They say life isn't about the destination, but the journey—and that also seems to be true about these amazing staircases.

Watch a Corpse Flower Bloom, Live

17 Canadian World Heritage Sites

There are currently 981 sites on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites, and 17 of them are in Canada. Here's a little bit more about them.

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