Nature

April 29, 2025

Adventurous Bird Crashing Into a Waterfall Wins Nature Photography Contest

Photographer Konrad Wothe spent 20 years waiting for a photographic opportunity that paid off in a big way when he was named GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2025. Wothe's fascinating photo of a small bird flying through a waterfall earned him the title, beating out over 8,000 images entered into this contest for members of the German Society for Nature Photography.

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February 24, 2025

Striking Winners of the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards

From thousands of entries submitted by photographers from 48 countries, the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards selected its winners. Founded on the belief that nature photography can influence how the public treats our planet, the awards shine a spotlight on superlative imagery. This year, Slovenia's Maruลกa Puhek was named Nature Photographer of the Year and won the Nature Art category for her striking image of two deer running through a snowy vineyard.

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December 25, 2024

Carnian Pluvial Event: Learn About the Time It Rained for Over a Million Years

In places such as the Pacific Northwest, it seems like it's always raining. But did you know there was a time on Earth were rain poured for over a million years? This episode is known as the Carnian pluvial event (CPE). Thought to have been triggered by unique, volatile conditions, it took place about 232 million years agoโ€”changing the natural landscape forever.

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October 31, 2024

Unusual โ€œUFO Cloudโ€ Always Reappears in the Exact Same Spot Over New Zealandโ€™s South Island

Embed from Getty Images The 2022 horror movie Nope had a unique antagonistโ€”an alien creature disguised as an unmoving cloud. And though the film is a work of fiction, it turns out that UFO-shaped stationary clouds do actually exist in the real world. NASA's Earth Observatory captured a formation that has been making the population of New Zealandโ€™s South Island feel uneasy for almost a century.

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