Nature

November 21, 2025

Biologists Overcome With Emotion After Finding Rare Flower Blooming in Indonesian Rainforest

It was a moment when a dream came true. After a long trek through a tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforest (an island in Indonesia), Dr. Chris Thorogood and his team found Rafflesia hasseltii, a plant that’s been “seen by more tigers than people.” And even luckier for them, the rare plant, nicknamed the “Tiger-faced Mushroom,” was in the midst of blooming—something that takes up to nine months to develop and is only open for a few days.

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October 29, 2025

This Rock in Arizona Is Shaped Like Snoopy Lying on Top of His Doghouse

Snoopy is going through somewhat of a renaissance. The iconic comic strip dog is universally beloved, being at the center of new Apple TV specials, merch lines, and of course, memes. Still, even with all the people who have become obsessed with Snoopy recently, you could say the cartoon dog’s biggest admirer is no other than Mother Nature. In fact, there’s a massive rock in Sedona, Arizona, that is shaped like Snoopy.

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August 20, 2025

Discover Why Antarctica’s ‘Blood Falls’ Runs Red

Antarctica is filled with incredible landscapes and natural beauty, but one area looks like a scene from a horror film—if you don’t know what you’re looking at. In East Antarctica, at the end of the Taylor Glacier, a gush of red liquid pours into Lake Bonney. Known as Blood Falls, it stumped scientists for over a century.

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June 22, 2025

Magnolias Are So Old That They’re Pollinated by Beetles

Many people begin to notice the arrival of spring with the large, beautiful blooms of the magnolia flower. Magnolia trees can be found in many parts of the world, and their beautiful forms have symbolic, medicinal, and visual meaning across cultures—and have for centuries. If you’re ever near a magnolia tree, though, look closely: you’ll notice that beetles, instead of bees, will be moving amongst the flowers. So, why beetles over bees?

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