Category : Natural History

Natural Wonders: Poland’s Crooked Forest

Kristine De Abreu

14/04/2021

Natural History

What force twisted dozens of these pine trees into identical J-shapes? Aliens? Gravitation hijinks? Or something much, much simpler? Near...

Science Links of the Week

Rebecca McPhee

12/04/2021

Antarctic Arctic Natural History Oceans Wildlife

A passion for the natural world drives many of our explorations and adventures. And when we’re not actually outside, we love delving into th...

Natural Wonders: Wave Rock

Kristine De Abreu

06/04/2021

Natural History

The strange rock formation, curling like a breaking wave, is common in Western Australia, but this is the biggest of them all. In Austral...

Australian Teenager Dies from Box Jellyfish Sting

Rebecca McPhee

05/04/2021

Natural History Oceans

The Australian box jellyfish is the most venomous marine animal on earth. It "locks the heart", and even defibrillators won't help. Las...

Solar Storm Causes Spectacular Aurora

Kristine De Abreu

25/03/2021

Natural History

Besides blooming flowers, spring is also the aurora season, and last weekend a massive geomagnetic storm created a particularly stunning dis...

Darvaza Gas Crater: Welcome to “The Gates of Hell”

Kristine De Abreu

22/03/2021

Desert Natural History

Deep in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan lies the Darvaza Gas Crater, also known as the Gates of Hell. In this episode of Natural Wonders,...

“Gi-normous” Walrus Turns Up in Ireland

Jerry Kobalenko

15/03/2021

Natural History Wildlife

It might have fallen asleep on an iceberg, says biologist Strollers on the southwest coast of Ireland could hardly believe their eyes on ...

Natural Wonders: Catatumbo Lightning

Kristine De Abreu

12/03/2021

Natural History

A lake in Venezuela gets 250 lightning strikes per square kilometre every night Would you dare to live in a place where there are more th...

Floating Ships: Mirages and How They Work

Kristine De Abreu

10/03/2021

Arctic Natural History

Within days of each other, two images of floating vessels have gone viral. Last week, David Morris photographed a seemingly levitated ship o...

Natural Wonders: The Fossil Forest on Axel Heiberg Island

Jerry Kobalenko

03/03/2021

Natural History

A 50-million-year-old forest of real wood lies on an uninhabited arctic island near the North Pole At 80˚N and 2,500km from the nearest t...

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