This Red Water Lake in Tanzania Turns Most Creatures into Stone
With its bright red and orange colors, Lake Natron is definitely one of Tanzania’s most spectacular sights. Its beauty comes with a price, though: most creatures that…
These Aren’t Dead Leaves But a Butterfly With An Amazing Secret
When its wings are closed, the dead leaf butterfly looks exactly like a dried autumn leaf – probably the best camouflage a butterfly could ever want. But…
The Rainbow Mountain of Peru is Like Nothing You Have Ever Seen Before
This colorful mountain is 100% natural. It’s made up of 14 colorful minerals that give the mountain an amazing rainbow-like appearance. The Rainbow Mountain of Peru is…
Incredibly Creepy Footage Shows a Forest Floor As If It Was Breathing Or Something Was About To Burst Out – Here’s Why
A viral video captures a section of a forest in Quebec heaving to and fro, looking like it’s living and breathing, or even exploding soon. What could…
The World’s Largest Edible Mushroom Lives in Symbiosis with Termites and That’s Why It Grows So Huge
Most edible mushrooms are relatively small, but in West Africa as well as Zambia, there’s one particularly enormous species that outgrows all the rest of them. In…
The “Loneliest House in the World” and the Truth Behind It
There is wild speculation surrounding this small house, which has become famous as the loneliest house in the world. But what’s the truth and history behind this…
For 20 Years The French Have Been Building A Medieval Castle Using Medieval Techniques, And The Result Is Incredible
If you’re fascinated with medieval life, you don’t need a time machine to visit the period. Guedelon Castle in Burgundy, France, is a unique project where volunteers…
The world’s oldest tree is a 9,500-year-old specimen discovered in Sweden.
The world’s oldest tree, a 9,500-year-old Norwegian Spruce named “Old Tjikko,” after Professor Leif Kullman’s Siberian husky, continues to grow in Sweden. Discovered in 2004 by Kullman, professor…
A Waterfall in Yosemite National Park Turns Into a Blazing “Firefall” Once a Year
Once every winter, a blazing firefall sweeps across the granite cliffs of Yosemite National Park in California. The rare and extraordinary firefall of Horsetail Fall. Image credit: Wayne…
Beautiful black-bellied pangolin
The one extant family, the Manidae, has three genera: Manis, Phataginus, and Smutsia. Manis comprises the four species found in Asia, while Phataginus and Smutsia include two…