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Ecosystems

A Sierra Nevada forest in August 2016, following several years of severe drought.

Why California's Droughts Killed More Than 100 Million Resilient Trees

The lack of water ran very, very deep.

Isaac Schultz July 3, 2019

View from inside.

Erin, Tennessee

Rock Quarry Cave

Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.

Seaward entrance.

Peñíscola, Spain

Bufador de Peñiscola

The blowhole bursts spectacularly right next to the buildings in a medieval seaside town.

Kaltbach, Switzerland

Kaltbach Cave

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

Church of Transfiguration, Mount Tabor.

Mount Tabor

This dome-shaped mountain boasts amazing views and has a rich religious history.

Museum building and tool shop.

Grayling, Michigan

Hartwick Pines Logging Museum

This museum in the woods evokes the work and lives of Michigan's 19-century lumberjacks.

Gap of Dunloe

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

Black Hole Falls

Canning, Nova Scotia

Black Hole Falls

A beautiful waterfall and beach where precious stones are plentiful.

Siachen Glacier.

India / Pakistan

Siachen Glacier

This disputed mass of ice is home to the highest battleground on Earth.

Dale Abbey, England

Hermits Cave at Dale Abbey

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

Rock Art at Nino Konis Santana National Park

Ancient images hide within the park's caves.

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Lost World Caverns

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Stubby, gnarled, and old.

The Ancient, Sunken Forest That Rises From a Welsh Beach

When it does, researchers rush in to study the age-old stumps.

Jessica Leigh Hester June 13, 2019

Tegel Creek Water Buffaloes.

Berlin, Germany

Tegel Creek Water Buffaloes

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

Behold the macadamia: delicious, fatty, and frequently cloned!

70 Percent of the World’s Macadamia Nuts Came From One Tree in Australia

Call it the Genghis Khan of macadamias.

Sabrina Imbler June 3, 2019

Whitman knew how to enjoy a walk in the woods.

Tomkins Cove, New York

Bear Mountain Walt Whitman Statue

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

Santa Barbara, California

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

A view across the remains of the sediment dam

Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Glacial Lake Hitchcock Sediment Dam

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.