Magnificent Giant Tree: Sequoia in a Snowstorm
Adults EnvironmentThe worlds second-largest know tree, the president, in sequoia National Park is photographed by national geographic magazine photographer Michael "nick" Nichols.
Coke Can Getting Swallowed By Lava
Adults EnvironmentThis is what happens when a coke can meets some flowing lava.
How we found the giant squid
Adults EnvironmentHumankind has been looking for the giant squid (Architeuthis) since we first started taking pictures underwater. But the elusive deep-sea predator could never be caught on film. Oceanographer and inventor Edith Widder shares the key insight that helped to capture the squid on camera for the first time.
Helicopter Harvesting Christmas Tree Like A Boss
Adults EnvironmentHelicopter pilot Dan Clark harvests Christmas trees with crazy speed at Noble Mountain Christmas Tree Farm in Oregon.
Sleeping hummingbird "snores" in Peru
Adults EnvironmentA female Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis) sleeps in Peru.
Hand Feeding & Playing With A Friendly Platypus
Adults EnvironmentThis beautiful platypus loved playing in the water and loved a tickle! She was so friendly and ate food right out of my hand!
Giant Ant Hill Excavated
Adults EnvironmentA giant ant colony is pumped full of concrete, then excavated to reveal the complexity of its inner structure.
FLIP marine research vessel
Adults EnvironmentThe FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform) is a research vessel that can rotate to a vertical position. It is currently owned by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Ron Finley A guerrilla gardener in South Central LA
Adults EnvironmentRon Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."