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Ecosystems

Musfur Sinkhole

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.

Looking down on Voidokilia Beach.

Messinia, Greece

Old Navarino Castle

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

Tusayan Lookout Tree in 2018

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

Kaibab Lookout Trees

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

A lot goes into a túngara frog's ability to attract a mate.

Urban Frogs Make More Attractive Mating Calls

Yo! The old tale of city-frog, country-frog now has a decisive winner.

Matthew Taub December 10, 2018

What lies beneath?

What’s Inside This Enormous Canadian Cave?

It's deep, wide, and named after a "Star Wars" character.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 6, 2018

A pagoda at Mogao Caves.

Mogao Caves

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

Gosse Bluff.

Namatjira, Australia

Gosse Bluff

A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.

Aerial view of Yak Loum Lake, Cambodia.

Krong Ban Lung, Cambodia

Yeak Laom

Arguing within this idyllic, circular volcanic lake is forbidden.

Sumapaz Páramo.

Cabrera, Colombia

Sumapaz Páramo

The world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.

Ambalabongo Canyon.

Marovoay, Madagascar

Ambalabongo Canyon

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

A bison figure depicted in the Lascaux Shaft Scene.

How Early Humans Used Cave Art to Understand the Night Sky

They weren't just painting animals.

Evan Nicole Brown November 27, 2018

Macduff's Castle and the Wemyss Caves.

East Wemyss, Scotland

Wemyss Caves

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

A view of the convent from the courtyard.

Mexico City, Mexico

Desierto de los Leones (Desert of the Lions)

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

The Quiraing.

Isle of Skye, Scotland

The Quiraing

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Dockey Wood Bluebells

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

Bakhchisaray, Ukraine

Eski-Kermen Cave Town

One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.

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Step Inside the Geometrically Stunning Fingal's Cave

Chiang Rai, Thailand

Tham Tu Pu

This elegant carving of the Buddha guards a small Buddhist temple within a cave.