15 Photos From the 2022 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year

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

Swiss Village To Give $70,000 To Families Willing To Move In, And Here’s How Life Looks There

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,

The Much-Anticipated Comedy Wildlife Photography Contest 2022 Has Finally Announced Its Winners (16 Pics)

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

Meet the adorable Elf Owl, the tiniest owl in the world

When most people think about owls they think of massive winged wise creatures. But that’s not the case when you come across an Elf Owl. The Elf Owl looks like an elf, but it’s no bigger than a sparrow. The Elf Owl is the world’s smallest raptor. It lives in dry thorn forests, deserts, pine-oak forests, and riparian woodlands at the southern border of the U.S. and Mexico. A

Perfectly Preserved Young Woolly Rhino Revealed By Melting Permafrost

The incredible find was about three or four years old when it died at least 20,000 years ago. An absolute unit of a woolly rhino on display at the Weston Park Museum, Sheffield, UK. The new specimen discovered is a juvenile. Image credit: Chemical Engineer It is the best preserved juvenile woolly rhino ever found, with a lot of its internal organs – including its hazel-colored hair, intestin

Meet Jonathan, The Oldest-Known Animal In The World

The year was 1832 — and Jonathan the tortoise was just a tiny hatchling. The world was a very different place back then; the lightbulb had yet to be invented, and cars were still half a century away. But Jonathan, who is a Seychelles giant tortoise, lived to see it all. This weekend, he celebrated turning 190 with a "cake" made of fresh vegetables, and the title of oldest-known animal in the

9,500-Year-Old Tree Found in Sweden Is The World’s Oldest Tree

The world’s oldest tree, a 9,500-year-old Norwegian Spruce named “Old Tjikko,” after Professor Leif Kullman’s Siberian husky, continues to grow in Sweden. Discovered in 2004 by Kullman, professor of Physical Geography at Umeå University, the age of the tree was determined using carbon-14 dating. “During the ice age sea level was 120 meters lower than today and much of what is now th

113-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Revealed By Texas Drought

Excited dinosaur watchers are rushing to Dinosaur Valley in Texas, which was like a prehistoric highway in the early Cretaceous Period. One of the previously discovered theropod dinosaur footprints discovered at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas. Image credit: Dinosaur Valley State Park This summer, devastating droughts have revealed many ancient wonders, such as

This May Look Like a Giant Grape, but in Fact, It’s the Largest Single Living Cell in the World

When you think about single-celled organisms, what probably comes to mind are tiny bacteria, or amoebas, which you can’t even see without a microscope. Believe it or not, this strange green ball also falls into the same category. A giant grape? No, it’s the largest single-celled organism. Image source: u/kuroi_sny A single-celled organism, or also called a unicellular organi

GPS Tracking Shows How Much Wolf Packs Avoid Each Other’s Range

This image of GPS tracking of multiple wolves in six different packs is an excellent illustration of how much wolf packs in general avoid each other’s range. Image credit: Thomas Gable The pictures, created in the framework of Voyageurs Wolf Project conducted in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota, USA, show typical adjacent wolf pack territories that are somewhere around 50-7