

These heartbreaking images show the body of a majestic blue whale fatally injured as it slept in a busy shipping lane. It was spotted floating near the surface of the Indian Ocean off the southern tip of Sri Lanka. A gaping wound shows the horrific point of impact with....Read More...

This is a sight that will really send a shiver down your spine. Not because it's scary - but because of its sheer beauty. Situated in the heart of one of China's most scenic regions these incredible ice caves are more than three million years old.
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A mysterious ocean 'blob' has been recorded by a deep-sea remote-controlled underwater camera. The creature looks like nothing seen before, with speculators suggesting it is everything from a jellyfish to the remains of a whale placenta. While, at a quick glance, the description of a jellyfish makes sense, the creature has organs and appendages....Read More...

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The good news: scientists have discovered that the Yellowstone super-volcano is a little less super than previously thought. The bad news: the Yellowstone super-volcano is more active than previously thought. That means eruptions are more frequent. So the next one is likely closer than previously....Read More...

In the western San Bernardino Mountains, near the highway that links Los Angeles and Las Vegas, scientists recently discovered a geological mystery: colossal rocks perched in precarious poses right next door to the San Andreas Fault.
It's not the rocks' balancing act that is....Read More...

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano has rumbled continuously and spewed gases and glowing rocks to almost one mile (one kilometer) beyond its crater, authorities said Friday. Popocatepetl is located about 34 miles (55 kilometers) east of the capital, Mexico City. More than 30 million people live within sight of....Read More...
A 4.6 magnitude earthquake has shaken the southern region of New Zealand's South Island. The tremor may have been felt in Queenstown, GNS Science reports.
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The endangered Hector's dolphins can stretch their fins in a marine protected area off New Zealand's South Island because they have plenty of blowhole-breathing room.
In the marine protected area the dolphins are safe from an ignominious death in a fisherman's net. Marine protected areas limit human activity....Read More...

It could have been America’s answer to the Loch Ness Monster. The corpse of a large, beady-eyed and scaly creature washed ashore on South Carolina’s Folly Beach, much to the shock of locals. But a South Carolina Aquarium veterinarian identified the ‘sea monster’ as a gigantic Atlantic Sturgeon.
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2002) the discovery channel takes a look at the Centralia Pennsylvania underground coal fire which has been burning for more than 40 years
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