Natural History
World’s Oldest Rocks Discovered in Northern Canada
In a remote stretch of northern Quebec, scientists have...
Hoax or Mistake? The Bird Audubon Painted That Never Existed
On Dec. 3, 1827, an engraving changed the world...
The Tree That Kills Its Competitors With Lightning
In the rainforests of Panama, one tropical tree has...
Antarctic Fossil Answers Mysteries of Bird Evolution
Paleontologists have found the first complete skull of a...
A Strange Island Keeps Appearing, Disappearing in the Caspian Sea
In 1863, a Russian paleontologist and mining engineer made...
A Look at the Next Two Billion Years on Planet Earth
In his seminal work of popular geology called Basin...
Now We Know What the Head of the World’s Largest Bug Looked Like
This week, scientists have finally unveiled the head of...
Video: Lightning Strike Blasts Eagle Nest; Eagle Survives
On August 6, a bald eagle near Boulder, Colorado...
Natural Wonders: The Rainbow Swamps of the American South
Swamps and wetlands get a bad rap, and not...
The Worst Solar Storm in History and What It Would Do Today
On the evening of Aug. 28, 1859, a telegraph...
Ancient Maya Blessed Ball Courts with Hallucinogenic Plants
The ancient Maya often built large ball courts in...
Oldest Trace of Earth’s Magnetic Field Discovered in ‘Beautiful, Weird’ Rocks
You’d be hard-pressed to find any force of nature...
How to Find Morel Mushrooms: Foraging 101
BY RACHELLE SCHRUTE
Few things get foragers excited like morel...
Hunting for the Birthplace of the World’s Rarest Diamonds
It’s hard to overstate the rarity of the Hope...
Largest Snake of All Time Was Longer than a T-Rex — But ‘Gentle’
Imagine a snake longer than a shipping container —...
Old But Bold: World’s Most Ancient Wild Bird Still Looking For Love
Pretty much any idea reality TV producers come up...
