Environment

Although they are most often found in salt water, icebergs are made of freshwater.

May 22, 2018 11:44

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5th.

May 22, 2018 11:44

Blobfish are mysterious creatures, found in the deep sea waters off the coast of Australia and New Zealand.

May 22, 2018 01:13

Land reclamation refers to the process of creating or restoring new land from waterlogged areas, lakebeds or oceans.

May 22, 2018 01:10

There are 12 US National Forests in the state of Oregon.

May 22, 2018 01:09

A full moon occurs once every 29.5 days.

May 20, 2018 23:30

Weighing in at 8 kg, sperm whales have the largest brains on Earth.

May 20, 2018 12:27

87 tornadoes took place between February 5-6, 2008 in the southern United States.

May 20, 2018 05:09

Gold nuggets are gold pieces which occur naturally.

May 20, 2018 05:07

Ice drilling allows scientists to retrieve samples of ice from deep within ice sheets and glaciers.

May 18, 2018 17:54

The Chandelier Tree is a famous coast redwood tree in Leggett, California.

May 18, 2018 17:18

A fruit salad tree refers to a tree that is specially grafted to bear several different but related fruits.

May 18, 2018 16:53

These fish are some of the world's weirdest and more interesting.

May 18, 2018 16:18

Earth is the only planet where there is (gaseous) oxygen.

May 18, 2018 16:01

There are three extant species of sperm whale.

May 18, 2018 15:33

Temperature is a means of measuring heat.

May 18, 2018 15:00

Biogeographical realms are large areas of land in which organism have evolved over long periods of time in relative isolation.

May 18, 2018 12:51

The Albany Adder snake joins the list of thought-to-be-extinct species that were rediscovered.

May 18, 2018 12:06

There are 11 US National Forests in the state of Idaho.

May 18, 2018 10:59

There are only two extant species of alligator: the American alligator and the Chinese alligator.

May 18, 2018 10:57