Wildlife

Forked lightning strikes a lake at night

Natural Wonders: Catatumbo Lightning

A lake in Venezuela gets 250 lightning strikes per...
March 12, 2021

Floating Ships: Mirages and How They Work

Within days of each other, two images of floating...
March 10, 2021
A kitefin shark, glowing and not glowing

Glow-in-the-Dark Sharks Discovered off New Zealand

It's the largest bioluminescent creature ever found Researchers working off...
March 8, 2021

Freezing Rain Kills Reindeer in Northern Russia, Norway

It has been a disastrous winter for reindeer herders...
March 4, 2021
Site of the fossil forest

Natural Wonders: The Fossil Forest on Axel Heiberg Island

A 50-million-year-old forest of real wood lies on an...
March 3, 2021
Approaching polar bear

Updated: Another Polar Bear Attack in Svalbard

A polar bear injured a man in a surprise...
March 2, 2021
Eternal Flame Falls

Natural Wonders: Eternal Flame Falls

In Western New York, leaking natural gas from deep...
February 25, 2021

From Sewage Mouse to God Goose: Vietnamese Animal Names

Vietnamese is a tricky language to learn. It features...
February 19, 2021
Hugh Glass

Legends Series: Hugh Glass

The true story of the man Leonardo DiCaprio played...
February 19, 2021

Natural Wonders: China’s Zhangye Danxia

Great works of art take time. The Zhangye Danxia...
February 16, 2021

Natural Wonders: Blood Falls, Antarctica

Blood Falls, Antarctica is a rare natural wonder that...
February 11, 2021

Vietnam’s Wildlife: A (Pretty) Good News Story

In 2019, The New York Times published a compelling...
February 10, 2021

Natural Wonders: China’s Red Beach

One of the rarest sights in the world, China's...
January 25, 2021

Six Rangers Killed in Congo’s Virunga Park

Six rangers were ambushed and shot to death yesterday...
January 11, 2021

Natural Wonders: Namibia’s Fairy Circles

Some natural phenomena are so weird that they seem...
January 6, 2021

Happy Holidays From ExWeb

It took Tobias Baumgaertner three nights to nail this...
December 25, 2020

Trinidad’s Pitch Lake: The Wonder of the Caribbean

Sometimes, the natural world is not just beautiful, it's...
December 10, 2020

The Most Dangerous Creatures You’ll Find in Water

The world's oceans, lakes and rivers host hundreds expeditions...
June 3, 2020

Killer Piranhas: Myth or Fact?

Hollywood scriptwriters and James Bond films would have you...
April 7, 2020

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