China has its eyes on a very big economic prize and it's dangling the proverbial golden carrot of a reward in front of the nations it would like to...
Geography
Imagine yourself waking up one morning at the crack of 10 a.m., pulling back the bedroom curtains with your usual aplomb and finding yourself staring...
There’s a tiny little island waaaay up north, between Canada and Greenland that’s creating a big headache for Denmark and Canada. No, really, it’s...
Check out these animal crossings around the world.
The American-Canadian border is the longest in the world. It divides the North American continent along one continuous stretch from the Pacific to...
Would you want to live in this underground town?
This church was one of the most popular places to get buried in Bohemia (modern-day Czechia).
The Russians dug a nine-inch diameter hole 7.5 miles under the ground just to see what was there-until the Earth’s crust started melting their...
Oceans touch everyone in the world, even when you're landlocked.
There can be no doubt: mankind has left its physical mark on the planet. Sometimes we do it by accident, but mostly it's on purpose, however...
What if we found the way to drain all the Earth's oceans through some mysterious portal at the bottom of the Mariana Trench?
This abandoned island prison remains as a reminder of struggles in the past.
For decades a small Scottish island was a classified death trap after WWII-era testing of biological agents left it completely uninhabitable.
Earth’s continents are currently keeping a safe distance from one another, but what if they did slam together again, Pangaea-style?
From stomach-churning heights to finger-freezing cold, our planet is packed with plenty of places where the middle ground doesn’t exist.
Canadian beavers are chewing their way through the forests of South America and leaving an irreparable swath of destruction in their wake.
Earth’s oceans are hiding deep secrets waiting to erupt. There are millions of volcanos underwater, each a potential island in the making.
Africa’s black-footed cat may look cute and fluffy, but it’s one of nature’s deadliest hunters just waiting to strike.
Western Sahara is home to a fortified wall 16 times longer than what used to divide Berlin. It’s also dropped millions of landmines into the mix.
If someone tells you, “When in doubt, light it on fire,” and they’re referring to a huge crater leaking natural gas, don’t listen to them.
Thanks to climate change, glaciers are receding at an alarming rate. As the ice continues to disappear, morbid secrets are being unearthed.
Climate change is playing a destructive role in the annual migration of animals across the Serengeti-a trek vital to both humans and beasts.
Conspiracies, fakery and lots of Photoshop: some people still believe the world is flat, and they have the theories to (not) prove it.
While we consider space to be the final frontier, there is often just as much, or more, that we don’t know about our own world, especially what lies...
These adorable (and unusual) animal friendships would all make for great children's books.
The world's deepest well has been drilled 13,000 feet beneath Antarctic ice. Why? What's being found will help in the search for life in space.
Stuck in a bubble of boredom and need some escapist relief? Join us on a tour of some of the most remote locales on Planet Earth.
African nations are planting a continent-crossing Great Green Wall made entirely of vegetation and providing food security for millions.
Part conservation effort, part labor of love, Jadav Payeng has single-handedly reforested a small inland island in India by planting a tree a day for...
It's astounding what life will do to adapt and survive, no matter the environmental extremes it's surrounded by.
