The World’s Largest Cashew Tree, Covers Two Acres
Brazil is famous for a lot of things: bronzed bodies laying on white sand beaches; Carnival, the annual parade and dance party that brings millions…
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‘Monster’ Cane Toads That Kill Dogs With Toxic Glands Surface in Florida
In 1935 around three thousand cane toads were released in order to control the cane beetles that were destroying the sugarcane in North Queensland, Australia.…
A Mining Company in Australia Blew Up Aboriginal Caves Full of 46,000 Years of History
History recently lost out in favor of industry in Australia, when a 46,000-year-old aboriginal cave was blown up by a mining company. The Juukan Gorge…
Fireflies on Their Way to Light Up the Great Smoky Mountains Again This Year
Once a year, the people of North Carolina have front row seats to one of the best light shows in the world. Along the Great…
Adak Island: The Handful of Trees That Make Up The Smallest US ‘National Forest’
Adak Island is one of the Aleutian Islands, sitting where the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea meet. Remote and isolated, the island still contains…
Auroch Horn Discovered: It’s Owner Roamed Britain 5,000 Years Ago
It belongs to an auroch, a kind of wild cattle that once covered the landscape in Britain, but went extinct, experts say, about 3,500 years…
1,200ft-Tall Volcanic Rock Rises out of Snake-Infested Jungle in a ‘Lost World’
Volcanic Rock Rises out of Snake-Infested Jungle -when Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest in the early 1950s, he did something no man had ever…
Forty-One Thousand Year Old Tree Tells Of Earth’s Magnetic Reversal
The expansion of a geothermal power plant in Ngawha, on New Zealand’s North Island, has uncovered an ancient Kauri tree buried twenty-six feet down into…
Leonardo DiCaprio Joins the Congo Gorilla Park Campaign After Poachers Attack
Poaching has increased tenfold, especially in Africa where twelve park rangers were killed at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The rangers…
A Pig Who Ate a Pedometer It’s Poo Ended up Setting 75 Acres Ablaze
These days, it’s important to get a break from “all-virus-all-the-time” news and social media posts by enjoying a lighthearted moment when the opportunity arises. A…