For the last few months, scientists have been monitoring an enormous, growing mass of seaweed in the Atlantic. Now more than 5,000 miles across—that’s wider than the contiguous United States—the floating blob is headed toward American shores. Brown, spongy, and smelly, the mass of seaweed could wash up on Florida beaches as early as this [...]
Earlier this month, Idaho sledder Jeremiah Bigelow captured heart-stopping footage of a moose charging his brother on a snowmobile. According to Bigelow’s Instagram post, the two were riding along the trail when a moose wandered out of the woods and stepped between them. Bigelow, who was several yards behind his brother with his son and [...]
A Northern Lights event that stretched coast-to-coast across North America last week was so strong that people spotted it as far south as Arizona and New Mexico. The U.S. hasn’t experienced a geomagnetic storm this intense since 2017. Also called the aurora borealis, the Northern Lights happens when the sun ejects tiny particles and sends them [...]
This weekend, a pair of shepherds was moving their flock through Northern India when lightning struck a nearby tree. When the flash of light faded, the two men looked around, stunned: Hundreds of their goats lay dead on the ground, apparently electrocuted. The total death toll amounted to about 350 animals, reported India Today. The [...]
After a decade of hard lobbying, the Australian government just green-lit a brand-new national park designed to protect one of the country’s most iconic species. As its name suggests, Great Koala National Park, located in the Coffs Harbour Hinterland in New South Wales, will be a utopia for all things koala. It will feature a [...]
This team of extreme athletes may have staged the craziest picnic we’ve ever seen. In an epic video making the rounds on Instagram this week, a group of four skydivers has a leisurely breakfast at a picnic table in the sky, suspended from a hot air balloon floating high above farmland. The group, consisting of [...]
Earlier this month, South Lake Tahoe resident Toogee Sielsch captured an all-too-relatable video of a sleepy black bear crawling into bed. The footage shows the bear belly-down, wriggling across the ground beneath a porch to get to his favorite spot. In his original post, Sielsch writes that the bear likely weighs upwards of 600 pounds. [...]
Amid the traffic and hubbub of Washington D.C., two western lowland gorillas have found love—and are now expecting. Like many social-media maternity announcements these days, this one came with ultrasound footage. Earlier this week, Washington D.C.-based Smithsonian National Zoo shared a video showing the baby gorilla’s tiny fingers and toes as it grows in mom [...]
If a giant, snow-covered black bear showed up on your porch in the middle of the night, what would you do? For Susan Kehoe, the answer was simple: call it a good boy, and use a tiny plastic rake to brush off the snow. Kehoe, who lives in Highland Lakes, New Jersey, recently posted a [...]
Australian scientists have just discovered a new species of arachnid, dubbed the giant trapdoor spider, in Queensland. It’s huge, bright red, and it can live for up to two decades. Before you panic, we should note that trapdoor spiders aren’t considered a threat to humans. While they are venomous, their bites aren’t known to have [...]
