Is this the cutest octopus ever?
THIS Pac-Man ghostlike octopus is so cute scientists may call her “Opisthoteuthis Adorabilis”.
Natural Wonders
Double rainbow’s hidden surprise
THE double rainbow over Sydney delighted millions of people yesterday who flooded social media with their snaps. But how many saw the hidden surprise?
Jaw-dropping pics of double tornado
GOBSMACKING images have surfaced of a super storm that appears to produce two tornadoes at the same time.
‘People think it’s dead’
AUSTRALIA’S prosperity is at stake and our international reputation is on the line. There is no time to lose to fix this problem.
Is this a UFO or a jellyfish?
A NATURE blogger was stunned when he appeared to capture a UFO on camera.
The closest you’ll ever get to lightning
DRAMATIC video has captured the moment a huge bolt of lightning smashed into a church spire—and it’s not the first time it’s been hit.
Australia’s ‘spider rain’ explained
HUNDREDS of gossamer white threads have been spotted floating through the air and settling on the ground. Look closely and you’ll see little black dots. The arachnids are invading.
The story of your life on earth
ENTER your date of birth, gender and height into this BBC interactive and see what extraordinary things have happened to the planet in your lifetime.
Watch lake vanish into giant hole
THIS bizarre video shows the moment a lake was sucked dry by a two-metre mystery hole, leaving it looking more like a park.
These nature shots are the ant’s pants
THIS stunning photo of an ant on a flower has been voted one of the best of the year by a society of nature photographers. Check out the pics that made the final cut.
‘God’ cloud appears over volcano
A MYSTERIOUS ‘god’ figure has appeared over a volcano in Chile after it erupted for the first time in over 40 years.
What’s Earth’s mysterious ‘hum’?
IT’S described as a ‘kind of torture’ that can drive people to the brink of madness. Now scientists believe they have found the reason for the earth’s strange noise.
Surf’s up on this NT river
A TOP End fishing charter group has caught on camera a rare event that sees a single large wave push hundreds of kilometres up a river.
Supertide creates island in France
THOUSANDS of people have flocked to France as the ‘tide of the century’ transformed a mountain into an island. See the incredible photos here.
Doco celebrates Great Barrier Reef
THE Great Barrier Reef is set to be the subject of a new Sir David Attenborough documentary designed to attract more international visitors.
Now that’s what you call a stingray
IT WEIGHS a whopping 360 kilograms and is the size of a car. This massive stingray, says the team that caught it, could be the largest freshwater fish on record.
What are these alien metal balls?
FIRST a net brought up several strange metal balls from the seabed. Then researchers sent down a submersible. What they saw was astounding.
Is this the most excited weatherman ever?
THIS Weather Channel meteorologist takes his excitement over a rare weather phenomenon to the next level. It is impossible not to smile at his amazing reaction.
Mystery surrounds massive ice ring
THERE’S a strange circle in the middle of Antarctica’s ice sheet. Was it created by a house-sized meteorite hit a decade ago? Facebook seems determined to find out.
The only thing at this shopping centre is fish
THESE images look like something out of a futuristic doomsday tale. But while there are no shoppers in sight, it’s brimming with life.
Aussie supersoaker: ‘It’s the perfect storm’
IN A massive display of Mother Nature’s raw power, a surge of water appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the outback and the coast is next.
Why don’t birds have teeth?
SCIENTISTS believe they have solved the mystery of why birds no longer have teeth. The answer lies in the genomes of modern birds and gives an insight into when the beak came about.
What can you expect this summer?
WE’RE only eight days into summer, and already the weather has been very erratic. So what does the rest of summer hold? We asked Magdalena Roze.
The amazing ‘ocean’ trapped underground
A MASSIVE rock layer located hundreds of kilometres below Earth’s crust contains an underground ocean trapped by pressure and hot temperatures. This is no ordinary water.
Slow-moving lava leaves a ‘miracle’ surprise
AS RED hot lava smothers fences and backyards in Hawaii, one family has been surprised by a ‘miracle’ that left one very special item untouched.
Plane phenomenon is out of this world
NEXT time you’re lucky enough to score a window seat opposite the sun, watch out for this amazing rainbow glory optical illusion. But blink and you’ll miss it.
Six harrowing ways the world could end
KILLER jellyfish. Robot wars. A vicious eruption from the sun. These are the threats that keep scientists awake at night – and could wipe us out.
Glow-in-the-dark waves show the sea is alive
Manly’s waves glowed an eerie electric blue last night thanks to bioluminescence in a curious creature called a dinoflagellate.
Witch on broomstick spotted in sky
Members of The Cloud Appreciation Society love Australia’s weird and wonderful clouds and they’re not ashamed to say so. Plus INTERACTIVE.
The highest, angriest traffic jam in the world
KNIVES, fists, fury and severe overcrowding. That’s the picture up on Mt Everest this climbing season. An Aussie who’s climbed it explains why.
Places that prove Earth is a mystery
EARTH has some pretty cool natural phenomena. We may not know how they formed but they’re awesome to look at. Check these out.
Never ending lightning storm defies belief
TALK about wild weather! This lightning storm in South America has been appearing in the same place almost every night for thousands of years.
What is this rainbow cloud?
IMAGES of a magical wormhole in the sky over Victoria have caused a sensation on social media. But there’s an explanation behind this colourful phenomenon.
‘Well, that came on quickly!’
IT went from a beautiful, hot spring day to a dark and furious storm in a matter of minutes. The latest on Sydney’s weird weather.
The world’s most relaxed natural disaster
IT’S the world’s slowest moving natural disaster, with hot lava moving only 250m each day. But when it hits, the results are terrifying.
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