Planning a California nature escape? This guide takes you through Sequoia National Park and the unforgettable experience of seeing the General Sherman Tree.

Prototaxites taiti’ was not a fungus but an extinct eukaryotic lineage, a study reveals, resolving a mystery that as perplexed experts for centuries.

Coconut crabs are the largest land dwelling arthropods and possess powerful crushing claws Although often described as ...

The giant trees of Sequoia and Kings Canyon national spark wonder and joy among visitors.

Hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs, the tallest things on land were not trees or animals but towering, trunk-like organisms that looked like something from science fiction. Around 400 ...

Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, a vast salt flat, is celebrated as Earth's flattest natural landscape. Formed from a dried-up ancient lake, its incredibly smooth surface, often resembling a giant mirror ...

Scientists discovered a new dinosaur species in the Sahara, Spinosaurus mirabilis, that likely hunted fish in shallow rivers.

In Patagonia’s dense forests, some trees tower above the rest. The largest have grown as tall as a 20-story building and are nearly as thick as a small school bus is long, surviving everything nature ...

Built to crush trenches, the 60-ton Tsar Tank was defeated by a patch of mud. Discover the bizarre history of Russia’s giant ...

Otherworldly landscapes, petroglyphs, and plenty of critters make this Arizona park particularly special. Here’s how to visit.

During photosynthesis, trees convert the carbon dioxide to sugars and in doing so produce oxygen as a biproduct, which is vital for life on Earth. “Trees draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and ...