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Imperial Moth Spotted With Name ‘Anna’ Spelled Out on its Back Below a Face
Put this in your file called, Mother Nature Did WHAT?
A 25-year-old woman was stunned to spot a face and the name 'Anna' appearing on...
The World’s First Boat Elevator Helped Turn Scottish Canals Into Green Veins of Joy
After more than a century of disuse, Scotland's old coal barge canals have been transformed into peaceful, green arteries of recreation and birdlife.
Part of...
Boy Asked Frank Lloyd Wright to Design Him a Dog House – And He Did
Designer of some of the most celebrated buildings in American history—including Falling Water and the Guggenheim Museum—Frank Lloyd Wright, as it turns out, helped...
Rare Orchid Thought to Be Extinct in Vermont For 120 Years is Rediscovered – Biologists Call it ‘Astonishing’
Botanists with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department confirmed that they've discovered a population of small orchids believed to be extinct in Vermont since...
Give Your Feline Some Catnip – Getting Hooked on it Has Benefits
Catnip, renowned for bringing an adrenaline-like rush to even the most docile cats, has actually been discovered to have distinct benefits.
It is widely accepted...
After 10 Year Absence, World’s Most Endangered Sea Turtle Nests on Texas Beach, With a Little Help From Friends
In Galveston Island State Park, a routine survey has uncovered a nest of 107 extremely precious turtle eggs belonging to a Kemp's Ridley sea...
While Building New Industrial Park Crew Stumbles on ‘Remarkable’ 1,400-yo Ruins of Maya City
“It is more important to preserve the Maya legacy," says Mauricio Montalvo, property owner of industrial park that had to be delayed due to...
Morel Mushrooms Have Finally Been Reliably Cultivated Indoors For the First Time
Spring is fully waking up the woodlands of the Northern Hemisphere, which means under apple, elm, and sycamore trees—one might find themselves a tasty...
Long-Lost Medal Honoring Revolutionary War Hero Sells for Record-Breaking $1 Million
Many Revolutionary War heroes were honored with gold medals by the Continental Congress after the war, and one such medal has just broken a...
Monumental Animal Sculptures Made From 35 Tons of Plastic Collected on Oregon Coast by Volunteers–LOOK
Gorgeous sculptures of colorful marine animals are traveling across America—and every bit of the body of the artwork was once trash along the Oregon...
California Erects Solar Panels Over Canal to Save Huge Supply of Water From Evaporation
Could covering California's irrigation canals save it from the current drought? Some scientists and engineers think so, and they also believe it could meet...
Wildlife Sound Recordist Releases Treasured Audio Collection for Free – to Awe and Inspire the World
One of the world's most prolific wildlife sound recordists has released a large collection of his most treasured recordings of wild places to listen...
Stunning 2,000-Year-old Glass Bowl is Still Flawless After Archaeologists Dig it Up in Netherlands
The Romans were excellent glazers, and an eye-opening testament to that fact was recently unearthed in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. A blue ruffled-glass...
Man Who Found World’s Deepest-Dwelling Octopus and Jellyfish Scores 3-of-a-Kind, With Deepest-Dwelling Squid
There's a dynamic duo of divers out there that can't seem to keep to stop finding tentacled animals in the deepest of undersea zones,...
Seven Lost Artistic Masterpieces That Were Found in 2021
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering travel, conflict journalism, science, conservation, and health news.
Light is shining once again...
Check Out the Greatest Snowflake Photos Ever Taken With Vividly High Resolution
Once an executive at Microsoft, he turned into a cookbook super-author with his Modernist Cuisine series. Now, Nathan Myhrvold is making a name in...
Monarch Population Soars 4,900 Percent Since Last Year in Thrilling 2021 Western Migration
When just 200 Western monarch butterflies arrived in the Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove from their northerly migration last year, park rangers feared the treasured...
Watch This Massive Ocean Sunfish Swim With Paddle Boarders Off the California Coast
When one sees a dorsal fin out on the water, only the calm and the eagle-eyed don't immediately think "shark." So it was with...
Amazing Video of Giant Phantom Jellyfish from Deep in the Dark Fathoms at 3,200 Feet – WATCH
Researchers in California recently captured footage of one of the most striking sea creatures you'll ever see: Stygiomedusa gigantea, aka the giant phantom jellyfish.
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Surviving the Nazis and Fire, 2000-Year-old Caligula Mosaic Finally Returns to Museum
Built in the Roman Empire, buried for two millennia under a lake, uncovered by a dictator, then stolen by the Nazis, recovered—only to be...