Category: Nature

Long gone from their home in San Francisco, the California pipevine swallowtail is back thanks to one man transforming his yard into a habitat for them   The iridescent blue wings of the California pipevine swallowtail are considered by collectors to be among the most magnificent in North America. For…

Want to gaze at distant galaxies but don’t have a strong enough telescope? Then don’t worry, because we’ve got the perfect solution. All you need to do is to buy yourself some Night Sky Petunias, because as you can see, their petals look like they’re hiding secret little universes inside…

In a series entitled Mystical, fine art photographer Neil Burnell ventures to a remote, high-altitude forest in Dartmoor, Devon, England called Wistman’s Wood. The surreal landscape appears straight out of a fantasy novel with dwarf oak trees, moss carpeted boulders, and lichens galore. You can practically smell the enchanting forest…

It even climbed on her nose! Now, whether or not this woman actually had a “friendship” with a bumblebee is a little bit of a stretch, but what she did for the insect is pretty sweet. And bees are much smarter and in tune with the earth than we think,…

A woman whose hunting photo of a giraffe went viral last year said that despite her shock at the backlash to the photos, she continues to hunt and remains proud of her hobby. Tess Thompson Talley, from Kentucky, spoke with CBS on Friday about the giraffe she hunted in South…

According to a story featured on OutdoorRevival.com, some campers were having a weekend of fun, bonfires, and drinking when they woke up during the night to find a pig finishing off 18 cans of their beer! No, we’re not making this up, it actually happened and they could prove it.…

When we hear or read about the disastrous effects of climate change on our environment and wildlife, it seems remote and abstract, but it quickly becomes real when we see what it does on animals like polar bears. There is no proof that polar bears are starving due to climate…

While it’s not that uncommon to encounter beluga whales out in the ocean, recently Norwegian fishermen came across a whale that really surprised them and made headlines all over the world. When a friendly whale approached the fishermen’s boat, they noticed something odd about it. The animal was wearing a…