What started as a routine helicopter flight quickly turned into a fight for survival deep inside the Amazon rainforest. When the aircraft began to shake and lose...
For more than half a century, rockets have been humanity’s ticket to space. They carried astronauts to the Moon, launched probes to the outer planets, and continue...
A snake bite can turn into a life threatening emergency within minutes. Every year, millions of people around the world are bitten by venomous snakes, and some cases...
For centuries, it looked like nothing but jungle. Dense Guatemalan rainforest stretching in every direction, hiding what turned out to be one of the largest ancient...
You reach out to pet a horse when it suddenly snaps at your arm. Startled, you step back. The horse rears up. If it comes down on you, the injuries can be serious. One...
The universe is home to trillions of worlds, but not all planets are created equal. Some are scorching enough to melt rock, others are battered by storms of molten...
There are some things you just can’t live without. Like gravity, oxygen, the Sun’s warmth. And we’re about to take those vital things away from you...
The Solar System seems calm, but that tranquility is more fragile than it appears. Now imagine one day looking up and noticing something unfamiliar in the sky. A tiny...
In North America we love our summers. We are basically trained to love them. From an early age we are taught that our calendar breaks up into school, and summer holidays...
Space tourism is much closer than you may think. The International Space Station will soon retire from its successful run through low Earth orbit. But humanity’s...
Steve Irwin, known worldwide as “The Crocodile Hunter,” spent his entire life working closely with some of the most dangerous animals on the planet. But on the morning...
Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is notorious for killing and preserving dead animals. If you died in its waters, its high levels of sodium carbonate would mummify your...
The Moon has been quietly orbiting Earth for billions of years. It lights up our nights, influences the tides, and appears harmless from a distance. But imagine stepping...
Returning for a second term in office, President Trump promised to crack down on illegal immigration using ICE – the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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...
Venus sits just one step closer to the Sun than Earth, making it our nearest planetary neighbor. At certain points in its orbit, it comes within roughly 40 million...
You’re out for an early morning nature hike, when a sharp, ungodly howl rattles your insides. It sounds like a monster. Before you can say a word, you’re smack in...
Imagine an enormous football stranded in the Solar System. I mean, the Earth shaped like one. What could cause our planet to change its shape so drastically? And what...
A peaceful walk through the forest can turn into a dangerous encounter in seconds. You are hiking with your dog when suddenly it stops, starts barking, and focuses on...
When most people think of sharks, they picture a powerful predator lurking beneath the waves. Movies, news stories, and popular culture have helped give sharks a...
