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The Kutuk River in Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park is one of 75 orange-stained rivers found in the region.

Dozens of Alaska Rivers are Turning an Eerie Orange

The cause is just as concerning as the color.

Charis McGowan June 28, 2024

A display at the Global Conference of Millets in 2023 featured a millet map of India.

In India, Music Helps Spread the Message of Millets

New and ancient songs show that there’s more to reviving a crop than planting seeds.

Andrew Coletti June 17, 2024

The tentacles of a colossal squid sit on the surface of the water as it is defrosted at Te Papa labs in Wellington on September 16, 2014. The squid was caught by a fishing boat longline in the Antarctic over the summer and kept on ice until scientists worked to thaw it out to begin examining the specimen.

Wonder Is Everywhere: The ‘Real’ Kraken, an Ancient Pet Cemetery, and More From Around the Web

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April White June 10, 2024

Just how big can the gateway to the underworld get?

Siberia’s Doorway to the Underworld Is Getting Even Bigger

Say goodbye to a million cubic meters every year.

Jennifer Billock May 20, 2024

In 100 years, the colors on this map might swap.

The Most Dangerously Populated Latitudes in the World

Impending threats may reverse everything.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think May 3, 2024

When polar bears like this mom and cub wander into Churchill, a small town in a remote northern corner of Canada, they might just end up in "polar bear jail."

7 Unbelievable Environmental Stories from Every Continent

An around-the-world tour for Earth Day.

April White April 19, 2024

Valley Falls, Oregon

Lake Abert

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, September 2014

Wonder Is Everywhere: A Giant Burger, a Missing Warhol, and More From Around the Web

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April White April 12, 2024

The U.K.'s giant trees are growing as fast as their California counterparts.

Giant Sequoias Are Thriving in an Unexpected Place: the U.K.

There are now more of the world's biggest trees in Britain than California.

Jennifer Billock March 20, 2024

Each air bubble says so much about life and death on Earth.

Gas Trapped in Antarctic Ice Recorded the Mass Death of 56 Million People

Plagues, war, and genocide were literally frozen in time.

Meg St-Esprit March 14, 2024

In the waters beyond La Palma's Cumbre Nueva mountains (shown here), San Borondón is said to appear to the west of the Canary Islands archipelago.

In the Canary Islands, a Mysterious Phantom Isle Haunts Local Imagination

The legend of San Borondón all started with an Irish saint.

Cat Rainsford February 9, 2024

Podcast: Moynaq

A city in Uzbekistan that was once a port is now in the middle of a desert.

The Podcast Team February 6, 2024

High-altitude archaeologist Constanza Ceruti climbs towards the highest archaeological site on Earth at the top of the 22,110-foot-tall Mount Llullaillaco in Argentina.

In High Altitude Archaeology, One Woman Isn’t Scared of Heights—Or Mummies

Even when those mummies still have skin, hair, and clothing.

Laura Kiniry February 2, 2024

Captain Heather Friedli puts the final touches on Team Kwe's sculpture, "Wenabozho and Dadibaajimad Journey on the River of Souls."

This Team of Indigenous Women Sculpts Stories in Snow

Team Kwe honors their Anishinaabe roots in the art and sport of snow sculpting.

Roxanne Hoorn February 1, 2024

The Northern bald ibis, 'waldrapp' in German, seen in 2018.

Wonder Is Everywhere: Silk Dress Secret, the Last Lightkeeper, and More From Around the Web

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April White January 5, 2024

And you thought yellow snow was bad.

The Strange Case of Antarctica’s Red and Green Snow

It’s not a Christmas trick, but the colorful effect could change everything.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think December 1, 2023

Te Matua Ngahere—"Father of the Forest"—a giant kauri tree growing in the Waipoua Forest of New Zealand, is the second-largest of its kind.

Wonder Is Everywhere: The World’s Oldest Trees, the Heaviest Ball of Twine, and More From Around the Web

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April White October 27, 2023

Scientists estimate there are some 4,000 bees native to the United States alone—but many of them are struggling to survive in our warming, pesticide-ridden world.

To Save America's Native Bees, the Oregon Bee Project Is Mapping Every Single One

The project aims to make a complete 'bee atlas,' detailing every single local pollinator.

Kate Raphael September 22, 2023