During a recent eruption of Kilauea, a shield volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, the roiling lava appeared to form a smiley face. The lava in Kilauea’s crater formed what looks like a smiley face. Image credit: Mick Kalber/Paradise Helicopters via YouTube One of the most active volcanoes in the world, Kilauea has been erupting since …
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Imagine a society in which everybody is born equal because noone knows who is whose mom. Welcome to mongoose reality! Whose pup are you? Well, it doesn’t matter after all… Image credit: zoofanatic Mongooses don’t know which offspring belong to which moms, so all pups are given equal access to food and care. This, in …
Resembling something out of Jurassic Park, the strange-looking Dendrosenecio kilimanjari can only be found atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Image credit: Peter Zahar Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, is pretty fascinating in itself. The further you ascend this free-standing mountain, its climate zones progressively become less like the ground-level landscape, incubating isolated, mutated, or …
The extremely well-camouflaged mata mata turtle dresses like a piece of bark with spiky ridged scales, and sucks in prey by creating a vacuum. And it appears to be always smiling. With its disproportionately large head and elongated thick neck, the mata mata looks a bit odd, but always smiles nevertheless. Image credit: Per Se …
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This giant living fossil is definitely not your average salamander. The length of the giant Chinese salamander can reach almost 2 meters (6 ft). Image credit: Petr Hamerník The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is one of the largest and most unique species of salamanders in the world. Native to central and eastern China, this …
A Scorpion found in an unidentified mine in Southern Arizona has turned into copper over time. Or was the process quicker? Let’s find out. A scorpion turned into copper. Image credit: Bill Yedowitz This incredible copper scorpion was on display at the 2019 Tucson Gem And Mineral Show and a photo was published on the AZ …
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Mirages are like nature’s way of trolling us. Just when we thought we’ve seen it all, nature decides to mess with our minds by showing us something that’s not actually there. Or not the way we see it. A “flying ship” on the horizon seen from Dubrovnik in Croatia. Image credit: thriol But mirages are …
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A bald eagle was spotted refusing to leave its eggs behind during a blizzard, even when it got covered in snow up to its neck, with only its head poking out. That’s one determined parent. Image credit: Nongame Wildlife EagleCam, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources A very persistent bald eagle has been captured on video …
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The tree with the largest trunk girth on earth. The majestic Tree of Tule. Its incredible circumference leaves visitors in awe. Image credit: Travis S. El Árbol del Tule, located in the town of Santa María del Tule in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, is a magnificent cypress tree with an impressive circumference of over …
Amazing images of the Amazon River and its tributaries taken from the International Space Station (ISS) show the world’s largest river system from a new perspective. The Juruá River is the most winding river in the Amazon Basin. With a calculated length of 3,200 km (2,000 mi), it is one of the longest tributaries of …
