Natural History
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...
Human Migration From Africa Lingered in Persia For 20,000 Years
Humans left Africa between 70,000 and 60,000 years ago,...
New Research Proves Gars are the King of ‘Living Fossils’
Some animals remain unchanged by evolution over millions of...
Found: World’s Oldest Forest, Which Changed Life Forever
If you were hiking through the world’s oldest forest,...
Exploration Mysteries: Lakes of the Badain Jaran Desert
A peculiar satellite image recently made the rounds on...
Blue Whale Back on Top as Heaviest Animal Ever
Last year, the Blue Planet’s heaviest ever animal lost...
Amateurs Paleontologists Strike Jackpot: 400 Rare Ordovician Fossils
The Ordovician world was a watery one in which...
Monkey Business: Apes Joke All the Time, Apparently
Playing a joke on your buddy, sibling, or parent...
Remarkably Adaptive Bird Loses Ability to Fly, Then Evolves Wings Again, Then Becomes Flightless a 2nd Time
At some point hundreds of thousands of years ago,...
Strange Dr. Seuss-Like Tree Discovered in Canadian Quarry
Weird, bushy, top-heavy tree fossils found in a Canadian...
