Grand Canyon park rangers are under orders to avoid offending fundamentalist Christians when asked how old the Grand Canyon is. picked by jasefifty1 2 years ago

Got the plague? Onto the island. Vomiting? Onto the island. Fever? Island. Sniffles with a mild cough? You get the idea. You stayed there until you got well or died. Judging from the mass graves, not many got well. picked by Moe 1 year ago

Indian leaders and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin awaited their chance Tuesday to walk beyond the edge of the Grand Canyon during opening ceremonies for a glass-bottom observation deck that lets tourists gaze deep into the chasm. picked by diva0714 2 years ago

As if a donkey ride down the canyon wasn't scary enough. picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah has great hiking trails to explore. Horseback is the new way that allows you to take in all that Bryce Canyon has to offer. picked by arrch8 2 years ago

An East Carolina University biologist has brought his admiration of Neil Young to a whole new class.
Or species, to be exact. picked by mutil8or 5 months ago

A Denver Zoo monkey has died of bubonic plague, apparently after eating a squirrel stricken with the disease. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Hundreds evacuated including the tiny village of the Havasupai tribe. More heavy rains expected. picked by suebe 2 months ago

This year, people will get to see the Grand Canyon in a new way. A new horseshoe-shaped glass bridge will extend, or stretch out, over the edge of the canyon picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Bring out your dead! picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A plague of frogs recently was visited upon Miami family.

Did anybody here a 7th seal break? picked by Hoosker 2 years ago

A 375-pound male black bear was saved from a drowning death Saturday after a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist pulled the tranquilized animal from the Gulf of Mexico (about 40 miles from Tallahassee) picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

The most recent census of mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park—one of only two places in the world where the rare gorillas exist—has found that the population has increased by 6 percent since the last census in 2002. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

New geological evidence indicates the Grand Canyon may be so old that dinosaurs once lumbered along its rim, according to a study by researchers. The team used a technique known as radiometric dating to show the Grand Canyon may have formed more than 55 million years ago, pushing back its assumed origins by 40 million to 50 million years. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

The body of a man believed to have fallen off the edge of the Grand Canyon has been recovered from approximately 300 feet below the rim at an undeveloped view point on the South Rim. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Dutch biologist Marc van Roosmalen has discovered a new species of peccary in the basin of the Rio Aripuanã in the south-eastern Amazon region. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Beautiful video. I did not know that no matter where I live in the U.S. there is a National Park within a day's drive. Wow, no more excuse not to visit. picked by myrthachang 1 year ago

if your studying biology as profession in life, it seems that you must accept evolution otherwise your religion will be a conflict of interest to your job. picked by hoimaha 10 months ago

Remember the old "Guinness Book of World Records" TV show? Here is a story that will make you cringe. It is about the largest infestation of mice. The number of mice is sickening enough, but when they talk about the kid eating the dead mice... picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Only two to three millimetres long, the fly is much smaller and harder to spot than most mosquitoes, but its voracious bite sent more than 2,000 people to hospital last year in Catalonia alone. Its vigorous jaw, which releases a cocktail of chemicals, can produce allergic reactions. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago