A tree seemingly growing out of a pristine white salt island in the heart of the Dead Sea isn’t something you’d expect to see when visiting the world’s saltiest body of water, and yet that’s exactly the sight you’re treated to near the beach of Ein Bokek. With a salt concentration over 10 times that…
What would you do if a giant anaconda was right in front of you when you are underwater? I know that I most surely would get out of the water in a flash. But, Bartolomeo Bove is no ordinary human being who is afraid of even the largest snake in the world. He is an…
A deadly wasp nest has been found inside an abandoned house with images of the massive ’empire’ hanging over a toilet going viral. The pests’ hideout was discovered in a Healesville home 50km north of Melbourne with one alarmed expert calling it ‘the largest’ he has ever come across in the country. Vision of the colossal nest…
A scuba diver exploring the clear lagoon waters off the Great Barrier Reef in Australia recently made an incredible discovery. While diving, the diver came across a massive crayfish, which left them stunned. The crayfish was larger than any the diver had ever seen before. It measured more than three feet long and had an…
The arid desert sands of Egypt are not the most likely of places to find whales. But dozens of fossilised remains of prehistoric ancestors of the giant sea mammals have emerged from the shifting sands of the Egyptian Sahara. Among them is an intact 37 million-year-old skeleton of a legged form of whale that measures…
This house was built on impossible terrain at a height of 4003 meters (13133 feet) in Switzerland in 1915. I wonder what technique was used to get it all up there, above the clouds… The highest house in the world is a stopping point for mountaineers conquering the Matterhorn peak in Switzerland. Solvay Hut is…
If you suffer from vertigo, look away now. While some people would find it unbearable to go anywhere near the edge of a cliff, these Chinese workers are building a 3ft-wide road made of wooden planks on the face of one that’s thousands of feet high. Once finished, it is hoped sightseers will flock to…
It looks like a prop from Star Wars doesn’t it? Trust the Soviets to have the coolest abandoned stuff lying around. During the cold war period and into the 1980s, this rusting behemoth was once part of a fleet of vessels which rose out of the water at high speed and were considered the heroes of the Russian riverways….
Photo: Jornal Ciencia. Have you ever sat in a state of deep contemplation, and thought to yourself “…oh boy, I wish I was a goat. I wish I was a mountain goat”…? No. Me neither, until now…briefly…while looking at photos of these awesome rock-climbing goats. Goats are goats but these are, and I hazard to…
Recently, artist and photographer Laurie Wolf was in her backyard in Jupiter, Florida, inspecting all the different birdhouses (also known as nesting boxes) she and her family have put together. To her surprise, Laurie noticed a mother wood duck moving her egg.“The mother duck removed the egg from one of our nesting boxes and flew…