Decorator Crabs Dress Up With All Manner of Objects and Marine Creatures to Avoid Being Eaten
As their name suggests, these crabs like decorating – themselves. From spider and harlequin crabs, through moss and seaweed crabs, to toothed and arrow crabs, there are…
Officially, Scientists Have Found A Second Earth
Researchers have confirmed the existence of a SECOND Earth located in the Proxima Centauri System. The planet is believed to have oceans just like Earth and may…
Meet the ‘Punk of the Turtle World’ and Read Its Strange Story
Photographer Chris van Wyk garnered viral success with his pictures of an algae-covered “punk” Mary River turtle. The media attention he purposefully generated affected decisions related to…
Mushroom Rocks: When Nature Sculpts Fungi
We usually come across mushrooms in nature when hiking in forests or meadows and they pop up their little heads from the grass or fallen leaves. But…
These Trees In Northern Finland Freeze in Unique Shapes, Creating an Otherwordly Landscape
In Finland temperature gets as low as -40°C (-40°F) in winter, and in such weather trees get covered in so much snow and frost that it makes…
Two Rare Minerals Never Before Seen on Earth Found in a Recent Somalian Meteorite
Two substances previously not found on Earth have been identified and named. A slice of the El Ali meteorite that fell in Somalia in 2020. Image credit:…
Incredibly Spectacular Red Sprite Photographed Over Castle in Southern France
An amateur observer of upper-atmospheric electric phenomena captured a once-in-a-lifetime photo of an enormous red sprite appearing over thunderstorm over Valence, France. Nicolas Escurat, member of the…
Scientists Investigate Mysterious Rumbling and Roaring Sounds Heard Around the Globe
For hundreds of years, people in the United States have occasionally been hearing mysterious, eerie rumbling and roaring sounds of an unknown origin. It seems that in…
This Breathtaking Cave in Mexico Is Filled With Towering White Crystals
Some of the elongated blocks of crystals are up to 37 feet long and 5 feet wide. Gypsum crystals at the Naica cave. Person for scale. Image…
This Circular Island in Argentina Rotates Constantly and Floats as Well.
And we don’t really know why. Image credit: Ciervo de los Pantanos National Park South America’s second longest river, the Paraná, which has a length of 4,880…