NATURE
‘Chinese Pompeii’ 300 Million-Year-Old Forest Preserved In Ash
February 22, 2012
Researchers have unearthed a forest in northern China preserved under a layer of ash deposited 300 million years ago. Preservation of the forest, just west ...
Yosemite’s Astonishing Lava Waterfall Phenomenon (VIDEO/GALLERY)
A window of time has just opened in Yosemite National Park when nature photographers wait, as if for an eclipse, until the moment when the ...
Even Sharks Make Friends
Sharks have a reputation for being ruthless, solitary predators, but evidence is mounting that certain species enjoy complex social lives that include longstanding relationships and ...
Russians Regenerate 30,000-Year-Old Flowering Plant
MOSCOW — It was an Ice Age squirrel’s treasure chamber, a burrow containing fruit and seeds that had been stuck in the Siberian permafrost for ...
AMAZING! Man Survives 2 Months In Snow-Covered Car (VIDEO)
The man, aged in his 40s, was rescued after a passer-by on a snowscooter noticed the top of the car on the deserted and snowfilled ...
Solar Tornadoes Dance Across Sun In Stunning Space Video
A NASA spacecraft has captured an amazing video of solar twisters blowing across the surface of the sun. The tornado-style eruptions of super-hot plasma were ...
Tipsy Fruit Flies on a Mission
Fruit flies may seem as if they lead an uneventful life. They look for old fruit to lay their eggs. They then hatch and graze ...
World’s Tiniest Chameleons Found in Madagascar
Researchers have recently discovered four new chameleon species, which rank among the world’s tiniest reptiles. Adults of the smallest species are just over an inch ...
Animals In Love – The Best Valentine’s Day Images From Nature (GALLERY)
Today is Valentine’s Day and love is well and truly in the air. And it would seem it’s not just humans who have come across ...
Winter Blues? Watch GULP. Stop Motion Brilliance Filmed On A Beach
‘Gulp’ is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch. Shot on location at Pendine Beach ...
Don’t bite – how the zebra got its stripes
Zebras are quite the communists. They graze together, groom each other and stay in packs to protect themselves from predators. And while some herds reportedly ...
Amazing Trek: 1,500 Arctic Miles by Kayak (GALLERY)
To stave off a breaching 3,000-pound walrus from the cockpit of a small sea kayak, Erik Boomer recommends using the paddle. “Sort of like a ...
No Creepy Crawlies Here: 10 of the World’s Cutest Bugs (GALLERY)
From the cartoonish cottony cushion scale to the darling damselfly, we’ve rounded up images of the world’s most adorable insects. Click on for fuzzy bumblebees, ...
Russian scientists reach Lake Vostok after 20 years of drilling into ice in Antarctica
It has lain, silent and unseen, buried under miles of ice for 20 million years. Now, after more than two decades of drilling, Russian scientists ...
Rare turtle released into Cambodia river
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Jan. 18 (UPI) — Conservations say a Southern River terrapin, one of the most endangered turtles on Earth, has been released back ...
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