Thousands flee erupting ‘Volcano of Fire’
NEARLY 4,000 residents have fled the surrounding areas of the ‘Volcano of Fire’ as it spews hot lava and ash as high as 1km into the sky.
Natural Wonders
Tornado rips through New Zealand
A scary twister tore through Canterbury this afternoon, with a couple capturing the “once-in-a-lifetime experience”.
Surprise discovery at ancient pyramids
A CLEVER construction technique designed more than four millennia ago has been unearthed — and it could solve a long-held mystery.
Krakatoa’s spectacular new show
KRAKATOA, the Indonesian volcano that once shook the entire planet, has burst into action once again, this time adding incredible lightning displays to its eruptions of lava.
You won’t find leopard in this photo
HIDING in plain sight somewhere in this photo is a snow leopard. Only the select few can spot the “Ghost of the Mountain”.
NASA discovers the most perfect iceberg
NASA scientists have found the world’s most perfect iceberg. And the enormous block of ice in the Antarctic is frankly spectacular.
Palmer reveals Titanic II moving to Paris
CLIVE Palmer has announced that his controversial Titanic II project will be headquartered in Paris instead of London — and he’s blaming Brexit for the decision.
Deadly floods wipe out villages in France
A NUN who was swept from a monastery is among 11 people who have died in violent rainstorms that turned rivers into raging torrents.
Stunning volcanic ‘lost world’ found
ABOUT 400 kilometres off the coast of Australia, researchers have discovered a lost world deep below the sea.
Vital clues to ‘megathrust’ quakes revealed
THE force can twist the earth like a piece of ‘elastic’ with devastating consequences. This is how they happen.
Indonesia sends an SOS to the world
INDONESIA has called for international help as the death toll from a series of powerful earthquakes and a tsunami reached at least 832 people. WARNING: Graphic images
Bug-eyed at insect insight
A JAW-DROPPING series of photos has put the fascinating miniature world of minibeasts under the microscope, giving humans an intimate insight into a bug’s life. Australian insect expert and photographer Alan Henderson has released his new book Minibeasts, which canvases a visual feast of colourful critters in their natural environment across Australia.
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Tornado strikes near Canadian capital
A POWERFUL tornado struck Canada’s capital region of Ottawa ripping apart dozens of homes and throwing cars into the air in scenes compared to a Hollywood movie.
Typhoon makes landfall in Philippines
A MONSTER typhoon has hit the Philippines. Ferocious wind and rain is causing widespread damage, putting more than four million people at risk.
Divers pose with ‘monster’ squid
IT’S bigger than a man … much bigger. A monster squid which washed up on a popular beach is causing waves for its freakish appearance.
‘Someone’s excited’: Farmer’s cheeky rain dance
FARMER Glen Blonik is so unused to seeing rain recently he had one response, and Australia is rejoicing in his bare-naked cheek.
Photo where ‘death plays around you’
A MESMERISING image described by judges as “intriguing” has won the 2018 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year.
Rare drone glimpse of Amazon tribe
NEW video footage has provided a rare glimpse of an isolated Amazon tribe that researchers still know very little about.
Inside Amazon’s last uncontacted tribes
THE Brazilian Amazon is home to mysterious uncontacted tribes, who live isolated lives deep in the jungle, unaware of modern life.
Russian warship could hide $170b in gold
TREASURE hunters are swarming at the thought that a sunken Imperial Russian warship may contain $170 billion in gold.
A quadrillion tonnes of diamond beneath us
START digging. Now. In a few hundred years, you could be mega rich. Science has detected a quadrillion tonnes of diamonds nestled deep beneath our feet.
Magma ‘hell’ found under America
A NEW supervolcano is brewing deep beneath the United States. There are three key states affected. They may never be the same again.
What it looks like when humans vanish
IN THE end “nature is stronger than man,” says photographer Jonk Jimenez — and these epic pictures of abandoned places prove it.
Theory reveals Stonehenge’s maths secret
A NEW book suggests the builders of the famous site were privy to a mathematical theorem of a famous Greek philosopher two millennia before he developed it.
These trees have scientists stumped
SOMETHING strange is happening to the world’s oldest trees in what puzzled scientists have described as “an event of an unprecedented magnitude.”
‘My heart was beating like crazy’
SOME of the most amazing wildlife photography you will see has been submitted to the National Geographic’s annual contest.
Shock finding in Barrier Reef fossils
FOSSILISED coral taken from the edge of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed how it survived five previous “death events”.
Man ‘lava-bombed’ while sitting on porch
A MAN was seriously injured when a “lava bomb” struck him from the active Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.
Fears super volcano is about to blow
A CLUSTER of earthquakes and a usually dormant geyser’s fourth eruption has sparked speculation about if the Yellowstone Park super volcano will blow, causing a new ice age.
Yellowstone geyser unusually active
SOMETHING odd’s happening under Yellowstone National Park. The world’s largest geyser has erupted three times in just six weeks. Is the sleeping supergiant volcano getting restless?
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