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August 22, 2024

Haunting Final Footage of Now-Extinct Animals Reminds Us What’s at Stake

Some well-known extinct species, such as the dodo, have been gone for centuries, meaning that there are no photos of videos that show us what they really looked like. But there are dozens of other creatures that have disappeared over the last 150 years. Though lower in quality than what we're used to today, several of them have at least been recorded by media.

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August 2, 2024

Hypnotic Videos of Insects Crawling on Tiny Worlds of Blooming Flowers

Japanese artist Yoshiyuki Katayama highlights the relationship between insects and flowers through exceptional videos. For eight years, he has been adding new work to his ongoing Umwelt series. The work merges a time-lapse video of flowers blooming together with insects crawling on the plants in slow motion. This makes for a dynamic composite as the slow motion and time-lapse create a hypnotic video.

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July 12, 2024

Breathtaking Videos Capture Lightning Striking an Erupting Volcano in Guatemala

Nature is full of thrilling spectacles, from volcanic eruptions to lightning that ignites the sky. And sometimes, with a little luck, both of these can happen at the same time, offering some breathtaking footage for the ages. Recently, hikers in Guatemala were treated to a unique sight when lightning hit Volcán de Fuego (or Chi Q'aq') in the middle of an eruption.

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