This Photographer Took 12 Stunning Photos Of The Blooming Lavender Field In France

Samir Belhamra is a self-taught photographer and graphic designer who recently visited Valensole, Southern France to take pictures of the beautiful blooming lavender fields and his photos will take your breath away. The lavenders only bloom once a year – typically from late June to early August. Samir told Bored Panda that for him, the lavender fields are not only one of the most beautiful pl

Woman Records A Kind Duck Returning A Boy His Lost Slipper, And The Video Goes Viral

Myla Aguila was taking a walk near her home, minding her own business, when she noticed something that made her stop. A boy’s slipper had fallen down a hill, and a duck was trying its best to bring it back to him. Luckily, Myla had her phone with her and captured the entire experience. Image credits: Myla Aguila Looking at the video, it seems that the boy probably could’ve gotten his

Welcome To The ‘Roof Of Japan’, The Snowiest Road In The World

Sushi, anime, J-pop, Nintendo, samurai, Pokémon, ultra-advanced technology, cherry blossoms… Yeah, Japan surely has engraved a multi-layered international image for itself. But there’s something that most people don’t think about when they hear the word ‘Japan.’ Snow. And not just regular snow… But insane, humongous amounts of snow that actually make one Japanese city the world capita

The Amazon Rainforest Has Been Burning For 3 Weeks Straight

The latest hashtag to go viral and trend on the internet is #PrayforAmazonia while fires continue to ravage the Brazilian Rainforest. As reported by EuroNews, these fires, which have been going for weeks in the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, and Mato Grosso, have become so bad that Amazonas was forced to declare a state of emergency earlier this month. Smoke from these fires was reported

The Amazon Forest Has Been Burning For Weeks And NASA Shares Photos From Space

On Monday afternoon, the whole city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, went completely dark – as it turns out, the city was buried in smoke by the strong winds coming from forest fires burning nearly 1,700 miles away. According to Reuters, Brazil’s space research center INPE has detected almost 72,843 wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest. (This photo was taken during Amazon rainforest fires in 19

Japanese Photographer Captures A Shy-At-First Baby Meerkat And Its Family In 15 Pics

Japanese photographer mamekoro51 has probably the most pleasant hobby one could imagine – taking photos of baby animals of various types. On a recent visit to Inokashira Natural Cultural Park in Musashino City, Tokyo, the animal lover came across an adorable meerkat family with newborn pups, one of whom was a little shy for the camera. Image credits: mamekoro51 Image credits: mameko

I Hide Giants That I Make From Wood In The Wilderness Of The Belgian Forest

My name is Thomas Dambo. I build giant wooden trolls around the world and hide them in wilderness and forests. By doing this, I hope to lure people away from concrete cities and computer screens, into the wild and reconnect them with the natural world. I build all my enormous sculptures of recycled materials to show the potential in this precious material, which is often discarded and becomes a th

Independent Data Just Confirmed July as Earth’s Hottest Month Since Records Began

Data from thousands of surface monitoring stations worldwide, including ocean buoys in the Pacific and land-based thermometers dotting the continents, show that July 2019 was the warmest month on Earth since at least 1850. Berkeley Earth, an independent climate monitoring and research organization, released data Thursday showing last month beat August 2016 for the title of the warmest month b

California’s Last Gray Wolf Pack Just Surprised Everyone By Welcoming 3 New Pups

As per officials from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, this April, at least three new wolf pups were born to the Lassen Pack – a group of gray wolves that have been roaming Lassen and Plumas counties in the northeast corner of the Golden State. Eight years ago, a gray wolf wandered into California, which brought the species back to the state for the first time since the 1920s, aft

Restaurant Built Inside An Italian Cave Lets You Dine With Beautiful Views

What’s more romantic than a candlelit dinner at the seaside? A candlelit dinner in a grotto restaurant carved into the shores of the perfect vacation place in Italy. Grotta Palazzese hotel restaurant is set in a vaulted limestone cave in the town of Polignano a Mare in Southern Italy and you should definitely add it to your bucket list of places to see. You’re not only dining in a cave – you