Nature

Stalactites and stalagmites both refer to the deposits of minerals that are usually formed in caves by slowly dripping water. Stalactites grow from the ceiling or the sides of the cave, while stalagmites are located on the ground.

Peace lilies are great for home decor because, in the summer, they have beautiful white flowers, but that’s not everything they can do.

While the southern states of Victoria and New South Wales are still being assaulted by raging fires, other areas are starting to recover and life is slowly returning to Australia’s scorched lands.

Imgur user MissEpona shared photos of her lifestyle, titled “Real-life Red Dead Redemption: More takes from a wilderness camp cook”, and it looks like those fascinating adventure movies!

When you’re wondering how much prettier a castle can be, then winter arrives...

Surreal, absurd, outlandish, preposterous... But there it is. The entire earth clearly reflected off the side of a car.

NASA, as well as other space agencies, universities and private organizations have done some stellar work on understanding what’s up there, and it’s going to change how we move out into the cosmos in the next decades and centuries.

Iceland’s Okjokull Glacier was commemorated in August 2019.

This satellite view of the fire in Bateman Bay, Australia was captured on New Year’s Eve.

Between 700,000 and one million species live in the world’s oceans. It’s literally an entire world under there that only a handful of people on earth really get to see.

Shampoo and shower gel filling machines have been recently introduced in the Czech Republic. People can refill their empty bottles instead of buying a new one every time.

Those tiny fragrant black or white seeds that we often find on pastries or in various dishes, actually grow in pods.

The vivid tint is the result of a weather phenomenon called “scattering.” It occurs when the molecules and small particles in the atmosphere influence the direction of the light, causing it to scatter.

Japanese artist Amanojaku to Hesomagari has a superpower. They create leather accessories that look like animals from around the world, and it's crazy how accurate they look.

A colossal iceberg broke off of the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica on September 26th. D28, or the “Loose Tooth” as it is affectionately known, covers an area of 1,582km² & weighs in at approx. 315 billion tonnes.

An abandoned building is getting eaten by nature.

Dick van Duijn is a 34-year-old Dutch photographer who loves to capture the secrets of wildlife and has recently become popular thanks to his photos of ground squirrels smelling flowers.

American stylist, Ursula Goff, can turn your hair into any natural wonder you want — from the northern lights to a rainbow. She constantly shares her inspiration and result photos, and here you can see how masterful her works are.

“An active region that had just rotated into view blasted out a coronal mass ejection, which was immediately followed by a bright series of post-coronal loops seeking to reorganize that region’s magnetic field.”

If you are wondering why this beautiful transparent fish looks familiar it’s because it is a member of the Dory family, Nemo’s companion from Finding Nemo.

Strawberries are not berries and neither are raspberries or blackberries.

Ethiopian officials claim they planted over 350 million trees in an effort to restore the country’s landscape.

“Moon lighting up the night sky…”

This map shows where people live. You can see the biggest city in the world, Tokyo, shining as one of the brightest parts of the map.