Although the shallow seas occupy 8 percent of the ocean’s surface, they are brimming with life including 90 percent of the world’s commercial fisheries.
Giant squids measuring in excess of 60 feet and weighing a whopping 1,275 pounds are the most mysterious and the least known gigantic critter on Earth.
A couple billion years ago the ocean was the cradle of life. Throughout the ages it’s been the gateway to riches, exploration and colonization. Now it holds the answers to the climate and ultimately our survival.
Tsunamis is a Japanese word meaning “harbor wave.” They can be a single wave but more likely a series of waves. When they land onshore they are truly killer waves.
Trees are living museums and their rings are able to shed light on climate change, colony collapses, archeology, tsunamis, fire histories and radio carbon dating.
Mysterious pre-Incan peoples ruled present-day Chile, Peru and Bolivia. From the arid northern coastal plains of Peru rose the blood thirsty Moche. And from the Altiplano Plateau — second highest plateau in the world — 2 miles above sea level and 994 miles southeast of the Moche peoples, rose the mi
Of the 110 or so pine species, three cousins classified as foxtail pines live for thousands of years and hold many answers to anti-aging. Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva), Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (P.
A century ago the most dominant tree in the U.S., the American chestnut, towered over the land and ruled the East Coast forests from Georgia to Maine.
The mysterious lives of lobsters have intrigued humans since their first description by Pliny in A.D. 100 — and for many good reasons. With lobster names like: Hunchback locust, regal slipper, marbled mitten, velvet fan, musical furry, unicorn, buffalo blunt-horn, African spear, Arabian whip and rou
Trees are the most successful, long-lived forms of vegetation on our planet. Some are tall like the redwoods or massive like sequoias while others are exceptional water conservationists.
About two million years ago Earth entered the last Ice Age, known more correctly as the Pleistocene epoch. Paleo-humans coexisted with bizarre-looking Ice Age mammals like woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats and massive ground sloths.
Tea is the most widely consumed daily beverage in the world. It has a fascinating history that dates back almost 4,800 years. According to Chinese legend, in 2737 B.
