nature

I thought a Florida alligator was walking near me and my daughter on the road — what it actually was shocked me

Aland said she did a “double take” when she saw the creature in the city of North Port, on May 20.

This Italian beach town wants you to get married there — naked

Something borrowed, something nude.

Peacock TV to air 'Queer Planet' doc about gay, bisexual and trans animals

"Queer Planet" delves into "gay penguins, bisexual lions [and] sex-changing clown fish."

Inside Costa Rica's 'cave of death' which kills all that enters

Take a deep breath before trekking here. Deep in the volcanic mountains of Costa Rica hides a deadly, yet small opening of the Earth that engulfs and kills just about...

Paddleboarder captures eerie feeding frenzy of sea lions, dolphins and pelicans off California coast

“The only thing absent from this scene was a humpback!”

This specific nature activity can improve students' mental health

Birds fly over the rainbow — so why can’t you watch your worries fly away too?

This is a free and easy way to beat stress, experts say

You may want to give this breezy way to fight stress a try.

Hyper-sexual 'zombie cicadas' infected with bizarre STD fungus will emerge in US: experts

A creepy sexually transmitted fungus is expected to morph millions of cicadas into sexed up “zombies” by hijacking their bodies to spread the infection in the US.

Truck full of salmon crashes, spills fish into wrong river

A truck was transporting 102,000 juvenile salmon from the Lookingglass Hatchery near the tiny town of Tollgate to the Imnaha River on Friday when it skidded on pavement and rolled,

The pesky lanternflies threat is back this summer — act NOW avoid them

It's almost that time of year again when those spotted red-colored pests jump in people's faces. Though, officials are alerting people on how to avoid them this summer.

Mysterious 'Godzilla eggs' spotted in lake: 'What in the alien invasion is this?' 

They're UFOs — unidentified floating objects.

9-year-old 'bug expert' discovers and captures super-rare pink grasshopper

A 9-year-old Arkansas girl and an aspiring vet discovered – and captured – a unique pink grasshopper that’s so rare there’s only a 1% chance of spotting the insect.

NJ exec who chopped down neighbor's trees for better view of NYC fined $13,000 — and faces $1 million bill

After the controversy, the security company exec made like a tree and left. Property records show he sold his home last November for a cool $1.8 million.

An enormous and untouched island at the end of the world lists for $35M

Known as Virgin Island, this Chilean property offers the chance to be the steward of an expanse of land and sea in one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The most popular US tourist attractions by state revealed

Google, where do Americans want to go?

Secrets hiding behind a tree's 'age rings' explained

Expert reveals that 'pattern of large and small rings that commonly occur in a sequence of tree rings provides basis for tree-ring dating'

Cluster of lost cities in Ecuadorian Amazon that lasted 1,000 years uncovered

Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago.

I'm head over heels in love with an oak tree — but it isn't about sex 

Describing her sappy romantic yearnings, the "ecosexual" woman said she loves the "feeling of being tiny and supported by something so solid" and "the feeling of not being able to...

'Mini volcanoes' made of mounds of sand appear scattered on Texas beach

On the shores of the Texas Gulf Shore beaches, sand hills resembling miniature volcanoes have popped up, with staff members explaining that the hills play a vital purpose in the ocean's ecosystem.