Wildlife

Exploration Mysteries: Crop Circles

Crop circles straddle multiple lines between pseudoscience, folklore, and...

Natural Wonders: Chicama Waves

How exactly do you protect a wave? By prohibiting...

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Natural Wonders: The Tablelands, Gros Morne

The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park, Canada, is...
Uluru waterfall event, captured on Jan. 31, 2022. Photo: Altair

Rare Rainstorm Creates Waterfalls on Uluru

On January 31, heavy rains pummeled Australia's arid Northern...

The Dog That Climbed 7,100m in the Himalaya, and Other Four-Legged Mascots

Oswald Rodrigo Pereira has returned to Manaslu Base Camp...
Satellite imagery of the world-record-breaking lightning bolt, c. 2020. Image: NOAA

World Record-Long Lightning Bolt Lit Up Three U.S. States

In April 2020, a 768-kilometre lightning bolt split the...

Behind Those Viral Polar Bear Images: Photographer Dmitry Kokh Tells How He Took Them

In the last week, haunting images of polar bears...

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Arctic Hare Travels A Record 388Km

As satellite tracking has become more common, we've learned...

Bear Attack: Never Let Your Guard Down

During a 30-day canoe expedition in Canada's central Labrador...

Natural Wonders: Sprite Lightning

SPRITE is a simple acronym that describes a complicated...
Antarctic Gentoo penguin and chick Photo Arne Beruldsen

Scientists Discover New Gentoo Penguin Colony in Antarctica

Scientists have discovered a newly established colony of 75...

World’s Largest Fish Hatchery Found off Antarctica

On the sea floor of Antarctica's Weddell Sea, researchers...

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Natural Wonders: Fogbows

In the rainbow family, the fogbow is an outcast....

Gates of Hell to be Sealed

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan has delivered some bittersweet...

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antarctic ice shelves

Live, Ancient Creatures Found in Pitch Black ‘Oasis’ Beneath Antarctic Shelf

Floating atop Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 2018, a team...

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Ocean conservationist, Rich German was joined this giant ocean sunfish during a paddleboarding session. Photo: Rich German

Video: Paddleboarders Meet Giant Ocean Sunfish

On December 2, a giant ocean sunfish (or "Mola...

Natural Wonders: Light Pillars

On a cold and clear winter night, you might...

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