Most edible mushrooms are relatively small, but in West Africa as well as Zambia, there’s one particularly enormous species that outgrows all the rest of them. Termitomyces titanicus. A rather fitting name for such a huge species. Image credit: Danny Newman In Zambia, where mushroom-gathering is an important part of life, the Termitomyces titanicus is especially held in high regard. Whil
A sky-watcher has snapped amazing photos of a rare cloud formation moving across the horizon like ocean waves. Image credit: Rachel Gordon/Facebook Rachel Gordon told BBC News she took the images from her parents’ back door in the US state of Wyoming. She then posted them to the Facebook page Wyoming through The Lens, from where they quickly went viral. The phenomenon known
Residents in Snohomish, Washington, know it’s spring when the last bit of snow has melted and colorful flowers begin to bloom. For Allison Lamb, however, the first sign always comes from a noisy but cute group of neighbors. “We know when spring has arrived when we can hear all the frogs begin to croak,” Lamb told The Dodo. ALLISON LAMB According to Lamb, the frogs who visit her
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Astrophotographer Göran Strand captured not one, but two rare celestial phenomenons in the same image yesterday. Strand was delighted to photograph noctilucent clouds that occupy the layer of atmosphere known as the mesosphere, and are higher than any other clouds. But as he was out shooting the lesser-seen clouds close to the city of Östersund in Sweden. The northern lights, which h
The Diomede islands are just three miles apart but the bigger island is almost one day ahead of its smaller neighbor as they sit on two sides of the International Date Line. The two islands are almost a day apart. Image credit: Dave Cohoe Sitting in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia, Big Diomede is located on the Russian side while Little Diomed
The debris-chucking octopuses were caught on camera for the first time in Australia. Having eight arms can make for some interesting sporting events (just check out the weird history of octopus wresting). But, if the idea of battling it out with a 100-pound, multi-armed sea beast wasn’t scary enough, imagine having eight arms throwing seashells at you. A study published today in the open
Capture the Atlas has published its annual Northern Lights Photographer of the Year selections, which feature the best photos of the aurora borealis or australis captured from around the world. Capture the Atlas is a travel and photography blog that helps others plan their trips and improve their photography. The blog’s main focus is landscape and astrophotography, and its articles in
Looking for a change of scenery? If a utopic, picturesque mountainside village in Switzerland sounds like your cup of tea, you’re in luck. The small village of Albinen, in the stunning Canton of Valais, is now offering families handsome sums of money to move to their remote community, and we just have one question – would you? Albinen is a quiet, peaceful town with spectacular alpine views,
Whether you pursue photography as a hobby or a profession – it would be fair to say that it's a fulfilling, rewarding, and equally important endeavor. Just think about it, you see pics on massive billboards all around the globe; they're all over the internet, your school's history books, and chocolate bars – plus, chances are there're a couple of photographs hanging on your apartment wa
Photographer Finds Locations Of 1960s Postcards To See How They Look Today, And The Difference Is Unbelievable 
Hij zet 3 IKEA kastjes tegen elkaar aan en maakt dit voor zijn vrouw…Wat een gaaf resultaat!! 
Scientists Discover 512-Year-Old Shark, Which Would Be The Oldest Living Vertebrate On The Planet 
Hus til salg er kun 22 kvadratmeter – men vent til du ser det indvendigt 
Superknepet – så blir snuskiga ugnsformen som ny igen! 
Meteorite That Recently Fell in Somalia Turns Out to Contain Two Minerals Never Before Seen on Earth 
Nearly Frozen Waves Captured On Camera By Nantucket Photographer 
It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered another Earth 
