Chinese scientists find a massive sinkhole that contains an ancient “lost world.”
Chinese scientists have discovered an ancient lost world in an extraordinarily deep and large sinkhole in south China, where they expect to find flora and fauna still…
Insect Siesta: Tired Bumblebees Fall Asleep Inside Flowers
When bumblebees get tired from buzzing around gathering pollen for their baskets, they just crawl into a flower and fall asleep. While many species of wild bees…
Scientists Discover 400-Year-Old Greenland Shark Likely Born Around 1620
Greenland sharks are now the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, according to scientists. Image credit: Dive Magazine Researchers used radiocarbon dating of eye proteins to determine the ages…
Fantastic ‘Virgin’ Pool Never Before Seen by Humans Discovered Deep in New Mexico Cave
A newly discovered wondrous pool, which lies 700 ft. below Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, has never before been seen by human eyes. The cave…
63 Distinctive Trees That Clearly Belong in Another Place
It turns out, while most maples and sweetgum look very similar, Mother Nature has sculpted some of them most likely just to prank our eyes. Is that…
Here are the pictures that a woman took of the oldest trees on our planet over the course of 14 years.
Beth Moon, a photographer based in San Francisco, has been searching for the world’s oldest trees for the past 14 years. She has traveled all around the globe…
This Rainbow River in Colombia Has the Most Amazing Colors in the World
Welcome to the most colorful river of the world. Rainbows are jealous of the beauty of Caño Cristales. Image credit: Mario Carvajal Caño Cristales is a vividly coloured…
Glass Gem: The Story of The Most Beautiful Corn Variety on Earth
Glass Gem is arguably the most beautiful corn variety in the world with its amazing rainbow colors. And the story behind it is just as remarkable. Image…
Scientists Resurrect Life Forms That Had Been Dormant Below the Seabed for 100 Million Years
A research team in the South Pacific recently ventured 18,700 feet below the surface of the ocean, and then a further 246 feet below the sea floor….
The Walking Trees of Ecuador: Reportedly Capable of Annual Movements of Up to 20 Meters
A species of palm tree is perhaps the only mobile tree on this planet. Socratea Exorrhiza, a tree that grows in a remote part of Ecuador can,…