All Entries in the "Nature" Category
10 Facts about Antarctica
Antarctica is perhaps the most mystical of all the continents and also the most misunderstood. Here are 10 facts about Antarctica you should know. Antarctica and the Arctic often are confused by many people. Antarctica is the land mass at the South Pole – the one with the cute penguins you see in the movies. [...]
The Rarest Large Mammals on Earth
The Bay of Fundy is one of the most diverse marine habitats on earth and is thus the summer feeding ground for a lot sea mammals, seabirds and saltwater invertebrates. When you go on a Bay of Fundy whale watching adventure you should hope to see minke, fin- and humpback whales in addition to the rarest large mammal on the planet – the North Atlantic Right Whale.
10 Facts You Want to Know about Tornadoes
While the search for survivors of the nightmarish Joplin, Mo., tornado is still far from over, AccuWeather.com meteorologists are forecasting that another round of deadly storms is about to occur today. As of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll had already raised to 118, ranking the event among the top 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes of all [...]
Foggy Landscapes by Vadim Trunov
Vadim Trunov is a great photographer from Voronezh, Russia and here there are some of his artwork. Gallery via BICreative
“The Ant Thriller” – Macros By Oleg Zhukov
The young Russian photographer from Moscow, Oleg Zhukov, has created a good series, “The Ant Thriller”, in which he managed to shoot an ant in its natural habitat.
20 Interesting Facts About Plants
# A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows. # Banana oil is made from petroleum. # 84% of a raw apple and 96% of a raw cucumber is water. # The largest single flower is the Rafflesia or “corpse flower”. They are generally 3 feet [...]
10 Amazing Facts About Honey
Below are 10 amazing facts about honey that most people have no idea about. It is amazing what kind of health benefits can be found in foods given to us by mother nature herself. Simply adding natural foods like honey in place of more fattening options can make your body feel fresh and rejuvenated. Take [...]
10 things you didn’t know about the garden pea
The garden pea has been around since 4800BC, according to archaelogists. Here are some other odd pea facts you might not have known. 1. The average pea weighs between 0.1 and 0.36 grams. 2. The earliest pea is thought to have dated back to 4800BC to 4400BC in the Nile Delta area. Early peas have [...]
Salt Lake Urmia In Iran
Lake Urmia is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, near Turkey. The lake is between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea. It is the largest lake in the Middle East, and the third largest salt water lake on Earth, with a surface [...]
Amazing Surf Shots By Clark Little
These incredible images of waves were taken by the number one photographer of surf: Clark Little. He has dedicated his life to photographing the waves and has published a selection of the the best images of his career. He captures magical moments inside the “tube”, as surfers say. More photos HERE
Madagascar Stone Forest
A city of limestone towers rises in western Madagascar. Unexplored passages shelter some of the island’s—and the world’s—strangest species, from the ghostly Decken’s sifaka, a lemur, to a host of reptiles, insects, and plants. All photos: alvarezphotography.com
