WEIRD NATURE
In a good year, the West’s mountain snowpack feeds streams and rivers well into Summer. George Rose/Contributor/Getty Images News – By Imtiaz Rangwala, Senior Research Scientist in Climate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder Published: 2026 Apr 01 …
Tornadoes can be erratic and extremely dangerous. Brent Koops/NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015, CC BY – By Perry Samson, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan Published: 2026 Mar 23 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all …
The most delicious little morsel of nature you may never have heard of. New Atlas – View 4 Images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2026 Mar 22 – Resembling something more like green grapes with thicker and darker skin, the kiwiberry may be one of …
“Fishing Together,” Myanmar National winner, Sony World Photography Awards 2026. Kyaw Zayar Lin – View 11 Images – By Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2026 Mar 21 – The Sony World Photography Awards competition has been attracting immensely talented creatives from across the globe since 2008, and …
A lamprey’s ever-so-attractive oral disc. Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2026 Mar 11 – Lampreys are able to stay securely attached to whales and sharks as they hurtle through the ocean, so you’d think they could teach us a thing or two about suction. …
Lorea Hausheer (Switzerland) – Shortlist, Open Competition in Motion. Lorea Hausheer/Sony World Photography Awards 2026 – View 14 Images – By Bronwyn Thompson 2026 Mar 10 – The Sony World Photography Awards, put together by the World Photography Organisation, are now in their …
The Volcano-In Hotel of Arrivals is scattered across the Baiyinkulun Steppe supplied by PLAT ASIA – View 19 Images – By Bridget Borgobello 2026 Mar 06 – PLAT ASIA has completed a 1,634-square-meter (17,588-sq-ft) hotel in the Baiyinkulun Steppe of Inner Mongolia, China. Dubbed …
Sunlight is a great source of energy during the day, but there are challenges once the Sun goes down. European Space Agency/C.C. 3.0 – By Etiido Uko 2026 Feb 23 – Ever since Benjamin Franklin’s lightning experiment in the 18th century, civilization has been …
A giant asteroid struck Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images – By Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, West Space Seminar, Air War College, Air University Published: 2022 Mar 01 …
Islands off the coast of Perú are home to millions of seabirds. Their droppings were an important fertilizer for Indigenous people in the Andes. Jo Osborn – By Jo Osborn, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Texas A&M University By Emily Milton. Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, …
