Nature & Animals

Did it really rain on Earth for 2 million years? A period of just dark skies, cloudy atmosphere, and a planet drowning in rain with no break at all. However, is that really what happened, and when did it occur? The truth is not actually as simple as it has been continuously raining on the … Read more

When people think of a dangerous animal, they often think of sharks, lions, snakes, and other predators. It is hard to think a bird could make that list, mostly because we usually encounter them just singing and minding their own business in trees. However, there is a particular bird that is considered the most dangerous … Read more

Have you ever seen a picture of a capybara calmly chilling with a bunch of crocodiles? These photos often raise the question of whether crocodiles or other predators even eat capybaras intentionally. Because there are instances where they are even riding the back of the reptiles as if they were best friends. But what really … Read more

When people imagine what Earth looked like in its ancient days, they often picture the time of the Dinosaurs: a planet filled with strong and big animals with huge teeth, long necks, and giant predators that could easily stomp a human. However, the time of the dinosaurs arrived around 245 million years ago, but Earth … Read more

When people imagine the scariest place on the planet, it may often involve the ocean. The mystery, the sharks, the deep-sea monsters, all of them make the waters an especially dangerous place to live in. Moreover, for much of the history of this planet, this idea has actually been correct. The seas were home to … Read more

Around 50 million years ago, if you saw a whale, you probably would not even recognize them. It is because they are not yet the large animals that have come to live in the oceans. Instead, they look more like dogs than the marine mammals they are today. They lived and walked on land, but … Read more

Long before there were forests that spanned farther than the eye could see, the surface of the Earth was mostly made up of dry rocks and mud. Most of the green life that we are now accustomed to seeing on land was still living in water and the oceans. However, around 470 million years ago, … Read more

Imagine a dragonfly with a wider wingspan than your shoulders, flying around, buzzing through a swampy forest. That was the world back then, around 300 million years ago, when insects, bugs, and other arthropods were gigantic. It is a period on Earth that occurred even before the arrival and domination of the dinosaurs, called the … Read more

Have you ever tried playing dead to avoid mating with an unwanted mate? Well, humans can just ghost or sometimes downright ignore people, but male frogs could be aggressive, prompting their females to come up with a unique way of avoiding mating. Just imagine being a female frog in a pond filled with males during … Read more

Historically, stacking rocks is a practice that some cultures used to mark sacred sites. In North America, it is often done to determine hunting routes or the locations of important areas in the mountains, such as food and water sources. In other words, these traditional practices differ from the recreational stacking of rocks that are … Read more