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Carlsbad Caverns: New Mexico's otherworldly caves with gypsum flowers and 'soda straws' dangling from the ceiling
Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern New Mexico is home to 119 known caves, including North America's largest cave chamber, the Big Room.
Mouse brains, cannabis plants and spider eyes: 20 jaw-dropping images of the microscopic world around us
See the top 20 winning photographs from the 50th Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
4 near-identical glaciers spark new life in Arctic island's 'polar desert'
Earth from space This 2012 satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers on Canada's Ellesmere Island. The ice masses help to spark life in the otherwise barren Arctic environment.
Bear hair and fish weirs: Meet the Indigenous people combining modern science with ancestral principles to protect the land
The Heiltsuk of British Columbia are using a mix of traditional principles and modern implementation to protect salmon and bears in their territory.
Hurricane Milton is tied for the fastest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record. It could become the new normal.
Hurricane Milton captured by NASA's GOES-East satellite as it made landfall on Florida's west coast.
Here's why storm surge during hurricanes can be so catastrophic
How destructive storm surge gets depends on both the hurricane and the shape of the land.
Mysterious 'blobs' in Earth's mantle are not what we thought, study claims
Lava that erupts from hotspots around the world seems to come from a similar ancestral magma, new research finds.
'Every volcano has its own personality': Mystery Mount Adams earthquake surge under investigation
Scientists are installing multiple temporary seismic monitoring stations to get a better understanding of the sharp increase in earthquakes recorded at Mount Adams.
