When it comes to extreme lifespans in the animal kingdom, the bowhead whale stands in a league of its own. Deep in the freezing Arctic waters, this enormous marine...
As our population grows, we’re going to need a lot more farms to feed the planet. Yet, in a lot of places, farming is almost impossible. And much of the land we...
Earth has gone through at least five major ice ages in its history. And you better start adapting now. Because another ice age is about to begin. Hypothetically. How...
Imagine if all the Earth’s oxygen disappeared. Not forever, just for, say, an hour? Could you hold your breath that long? What would happen to the atmosphere? And...
What would happen if the United States and China went to war? It is one of the most discussed military scenarios in the world. On one side, the United States remains the...
The sound of trickling water might seem harmless, even peaceful. But in the polar regions, this sound is a sinister warning of an event that could swallow up the arctic...
The Amazon rainforest stretches for millions of kilometers, hiding ancient tribes, animals and maybe something else. What if under this mysterious canopy lies an...
The night is dark and stormy at the beach. A crowd prays to the thunder in the skies. All hail the god of chaos, who sleeps no more. Cthulhu, the great, green, bringer...
The miracle of life. A 40-week process where you developed from a single cell to fully formed human baby. All within in your mother’s womb. Now, imagine you were...
Oxygen makes up only about 21 percent of the air we breathe, but it plays a much bigger role in holding life together and keeping our world intact. Imagine if, just for...
What was meant to be a once in a lifetime adventure quickly turned into one of the deadliest volcanic disasters ever recorded on camera. Whakaari, also known as White...
On the morning of March 20, 1995, millions of commuters packed into Tokyo’s subway system just as they did every weekday. Trains arrived on schedule. Office...
It feels like the world is moving at a faster rate than ever. Every day, smartphones are getting smarter, A.I. is becoming more inteligent and our environment seems to...
Swipe Down for Full Video Story Technically speaking, this marine reptile was not a dinosaur, even though it lived alongside many of them in ancient oceans. Styxosaurus...
When you look at the Earth from space, you don’t see the 241 countries and territories that we’ve divided ourselves into. You don’t see the boundaries...
Get ready for some serious burns and the instantaneous death of organisms. Let’s turn up the heat and bring the entire planet to a boil for five whole seconds. How would...
On February 24th, 2010, guests at SeaWorld Florida were enjoying the popular “Dine with Shamu” show when a routine performance turned into a tragedy that shocked the...
These big goofy looking birds can be pretty unpredictable, dangerous, and even vicious. You certainly don’t want to provoke one. Can an ostrich’s kick kill...
Deep beneath Greenland’s frozen surface lies the remains of a secret military base that was once part of one of the most ambitious Cold War projects ever attempted...
Space is full of treasures. Literally. If we were able to extract the resources from the rocks in the asteroid belt alone, we could give $100 billion to every...
