Environment
East Antarctica recently gained almost 700 billion tonnes of ice – and scientists know why
What happens in Antarctica can influence the whole planet, so scientists keep a close eye on environmental changes.
Wild animals stranded on island in Kenya. Scientists visited 5 years later – and found something worrying
In 2020, zebras, giraffes, impalas and waterbucks were all marooned on Crescent Island in Lake Naivasha – and they've remained there ever since.
It’s larger than New York State and contains more than 30 billion tonnes of carbon – equivalent to 3 years of global fossil fuel emissions
The Cuvette Centrale, in the centre of the Congo Basin, is the largest tropical peatland in the world
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It’s so vast you could plonk London’s St Paul’s Cathedral in the middle, it contains a 100-metre tower of poop and it's home to 3 million mammals
Would you venture into Deer Cave?
This strange, steamy lake bubbles with boiling volcanic water – but sometimes almost vanishes
Steam rises from a vast, grey-blue lake deep in the mountains of Dominica, known as 'Boiling Lake'
It's over 75 million years old and like something out of a fantasy video game with outlandish giant mushrooms, fairy chimneys and an alien throne.
Here's why the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness has bizarre sandstone formations
Drowned at the end of the Ice Age: The flooded abyss longer than the Grand Canyon and teeming with hundreds of creatures, from mammals to reptiles
The world’s longest underwater cave system can be found in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula – but which one is it?
It’s taller than the Statue of Liberty, older than the Roman Empire –and faces a deadly threat
3 trees in New Zealand’s Waipoua Forest were already ancient centuries before Europeans arrived on these shores.
A harvest for the wild: how responsible wild harvesting helps regeneration
Wild harvesting can help to protect landscapes while supporting the communities who depend on it
Scientists locate gigantic caves hidden deep beneath the Australian Outback
Mysterious trenches stretching across the surface of Australia’s Nullarbor Plain are allowing researchers to find ancient cave systems far below the ground.
Scientists just photographed a place that's never been seen by humans before. What the images reveal is shocking
During a survey of the Mar del Plata Canyon off the coast of Argentina, deep-sea researchers found dozens of pieces of human rubbish, including food wrappers, a plastic cup and a rubber boot.
"It’s responsible for sinking 800 ships and killing 20,000 people…" What are the most dangerous parts of the ocean?
From hazardous seas to venomous creatures, the ocean can be full of threats. But these regions could be the most dangerous on the planet.
This deep, dark cave may secretly stretch 20km to the sea – and the 'human fish' hides in its shadows
Vjetrenica Cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina is home to many weird and remarkable animals.
This lake in Canada just vanished. And it's not coming back.
The breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf in the far north of Canada has led to the collapse of a unique Arctic ecosystem.
It was born from volcanoes, is millions of years old – and it’s still growing today
It might be a stunning travel destination, but the Hawaiian Islands hide a molten secret beneath their stunning sands
It’s 50 million years old, the size of Wembley Stadium and could fit 12 Boeing 747s inside – but the only way in is via a 100-metre plunge
This spectacular cave in Oman is one of the largest cave chambers in the world.
An elephant-like animal was discovered in this gigantic underwater cave. And that’s not all
Sac Actun is one of the most impressive submerged cave systems on the planet. Here's how several decades of underwater exploration has unveiled Mexico’s ancient subterranean world and the unique wildlife thriving in the dark.
"We have to leave right now. If we just hang around, we’re all going to die.” The cave that's so deep it could swallow six Eiffel Towers
This cave in western Georgia is one of the most extraordinary in the world.
Sunken warships fill this eerie lagoon – and they're scattered with gas masks, skulls and bullet casings
Frozen in time beneath the turquoise waters of Chuuk Lagoon in the Pacific Ocean, a sunken fleet of 60 World War II ships forms an incredible underwater museum.
These are the deadliest sinkholes on Earth
While one massive collapse famously swallowed an entire building, another continues to claim lives due to a lethally tempting underwater arch
It's bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined, is home to rainforests, savannahs, swamps and some of the world’s deadliest, strangest wildlife
It can seem eerily still in the forests of the Congo River in West Africa – and yet a diverse array of species inhabits this vast and mysterious land.
It's home to 900 fish species and one of the rarest animals on Earth – and was dubbed the 'aquarium of the world' by Jacques Cousteau
The Sea of Cortez in the Pacific Ocean is thought to be one of the most ecologically diverse seas
on the planet
At 130km across, it's the world’s largest natural mirror – but this otherworldly landscape is stranger than it looks, and has starred in Star Wars
Salar de Uyuni is an enormous desert of white salt in Bolivia. Here's everything you need to know...
It can swallow 5 Empire State Buildings, is as long as Portugal – and is home to a deadly but rare big cat
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon and its river are a sight to see. Here's why...
