Rione Terra | The town abandoned for a volcano eruption that never came
On the outskirts of Naples in the south of Italy lies a historical district called Rione Terra. It’s a beautiful coastal area, rich in history, that y...
On the outskirts of Naples in the south of Italy lies a historical district called Rione Terra. It’s a beautiful coastal area, rich in history, that y...
As the only known dwelling in the U.S. mainland of the Steller sea lion, the Sea Lion Caves offer visitors a unique look at one of the sea’s rare g...
Iceland’s unique climate is one of the most famous on the planet, with its volcanoes, lakes and hot springs all wildly popular tourist attractions. B...
A new sheriff has slithered into town. Earlier this week came the exciting news that researchers in the Amazon Rainforest have discovered a new...
Have you ever heard of the Amazon’s Boiling River, or Shanay-Timpishka, whose scalding hot water kills almost anything that enters?...
You might think wallabies were only found in the wild in Australia. They are, after all, the name for the nation’s rugby union team. Yet after a g...
The brilliantly named silky anteater is the smallest in the world, weighing in at an average of 10 ounces. Found in Central and South America, they...
The General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park weighs 2,000 tons. Located only a 90-minute drive from Fresno, California, it’s the largest, h...
Seventy-one years ago today, London was plunged into the ‘Great Smog’. Over the course of the next five days, some 4,000 people would die as a dir...
They might be less famous than their ground-dwelling cousins, but this is the tree kangaroo. Native to the rainforests of New Guinea and also found on...
Point Nemo, or the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, is the place in the world where you are furthest from land. There’s really nothing there except p...
Meet the indri lemur, also known as a babakoto. This funny-looking creature is the largest lemur in the world and sadly it's critically endangered. ...