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Lakes

The Return of Glen Canyon

As Lake Powell's water levels continue to drop, a stunning landscape resurfaces—along with questions about the future of the Colorado River and those who depend on it.

Craig Childs March 6, 2023

The Paratethys Sea Was the Largest Lake in Earth’s History

The Black, Caspian, and Aral Seas are the last surviving fragments of a body of water that stretched from Austria to Turkmenistan.

Frank Jacobs, Big Think March 3, 2023

These Intrepid Surfers Chill Out Riding the Great Lakes' Wintry Waves

Stressing the need for proper gear and training, members of this close-knit community say their sport gets them through the long, cold season.

Eden Arielle Gordon February 23, 2023

Can Loktak Lake's Wondrous Floating Islands Bounce Back?

A photographer's drone's-eye image of the famous phumdis of northeastern India shows a unique environment undergoing change.

Gemma Tarlach January 31, 2023

Lake Powell, Utah

Cathedral in the Desert

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

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military history

How Did a World War II Boat End Up at the Bottom of a California Lake?

The discovery, retrieval, and mysterious history of a ‘ghost boat.’

April White November 23, 2022

How Water, Wind, and Chance Sculpted an Icy Work of Art

Lake stars, ice rings, and other natural phenomena brought magic to a small Slovenian lake.

Gemma Tarlach November 10, 2022

Podcast: Laguna Del Diamante

What a toxic Andean lake has to say about the dawn of life.

The Podcast Team November 7, 2022

Las Coloradas, Mexico

Las Coloradas Bridge

This small, yet notable, cable-stayed bridge was built to support tourism to a series of internet-famous pink lakes.

Kirkkonummi, Finland

Vitträsk Rock Paintings

These lakeside pictographs were some of the first pieces of prehistoric artwork found in Finland.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Tule Springs Fossil Beds

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Blue Lake

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

These Tranquil Canadian Islands Are Remnants of a Violent Space Rock Impact

Lake Superior's Slate Islands are home to what's likely the world's largest shatter cone, evidence of an explosive event 450 million years ago.

Demetria Dickinson September 20, 2022

Helena, Montana

Canyon Ferry Lake's Cemetery Island

This cemetery is one of the last remaining traces of a drowned old Western town.

Mount Macedon, Australia

Sanatorium Lake

This artificial lake was built to provide water for a planned facility that would treat tuberculosis patients.

Saint-Léonard, Switzerland

Lac Souterrain de Saint-Léonard

The largest underground lake in Europe.

Podcast: Lake Lanier

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team July 19, 2022

Llyn Barfog

According to legend, King Arthur killed a beast that dwelled beneath the waters of this Welsh lake.