The laurel forest of Madeira, Portugal supports many endemic species.

Rattlesnakes use their noisy tails to warn: Back off, I can kill you

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A woodland path winds through a grove of sequoia trees in Long Meadow Grove in Sequoia National Forest, California, USA

Observations of a sleeping octopus startling awake have scientists asking if octopuses have nightmares—the first evidence of the eight-armed invertebrates dreaming—or is just getting old on.natgeo.com/42dOPXu

Happy World Reef Awareness Day! In this image from our archives, bright orange and yellow cup coral populates the oil rigs in Gabon's waters, surveyed on a Pristine Seas expedition

The 1985 discovery of the Titanic stemmed from a secret United States Navy investigation of two wrecked nuclear submarines. Pieces of this Cold War tale have been known since the mid-1990s, but more complete details are now coming to light
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A road leads toward the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Montana. #NationalRoadTripDay

The Langur Way Canopy Walk traverses a rainforest on Malaysia's Pinang Island.

Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin is home to the world’s largest high-grade uranium deposits.

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For hundreds on board, the terrifying 1629 wreck of Batavia was just the beginning on.natgeo.com/439Pzyl

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Western New Mexico is home to the Gila Wilderness—a maze of forested canyons that in 1924 became the world’s first legally protected wilderness area. It remains one of the country’s most spectacular landscapes
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How do whip spiders find their way back home?

🎯 Since experiencing the Nordace Siena, I can confidently say that I'll never go back to using a normal backpack for my travels. 💪

The common denominator in dozens of incidents appears to be a mature female named White Gladis on.natgeo.com/3qhfm8Z

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Revillagigedo National Park is the largest concentration of megafauna in the world and North America’s largest marine protected area. Five years after the park’s creation, a new study has found that it’s been good for wildlife—and Mexico’s fishing industry on.natgeo.com/3N7VFd6

Southern rockhopper penguins, Eudyptes chrysocome, must navigate the rocky cliffs and crashing waves when coming to and from the ocean. Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands, South Africa.

SeaWorld’s failure to turn over its records of the incident to the USDA was ‘a blatant violation of the law,’ experts say
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'That kiss is how the mom and pup recognize each other'