3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (570+ words) WorldAtlas Black bears are remarkably adaptable animals, but they remain closely tied to forests above all else. Thick cover gives them places to rest and raise cubs, while berries, nuts, insects, and wildlife found throughout the wooded landscape keep them…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1102+ words) One note on counting. Total species, species per river mile and species per square mile of drainage give three different winners, and all three are worth knowing. Start with the basin rather than any single river, because the basin figure…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (538+ words) worldatlas.com Say "Gulf of Mexico" and most people picture a warm, shallow bathtub of a sea: shrimp boats, oil rigs, sunburned spring breakers, and water you can practically wade through. And for huge stretches, that's true. But somewhere out…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1392+ words) WorldAtlas Across the Canadian Arctic, hundreds of thousands of lakes have never been touched by a human being. They have no names, no visitors, and no record beyond satellite imagery. They are the extreme end of a spectrum that has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1054+ words) Horseshoe crab ancestors lived long before the first dinosaurs appeared approximately 230 million years ago, and their evolutionary history extends back about 445 million years. During that immense span, their relatives endured several mass extinctions. Despite their name, horseshoe crabs aren't true…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (777+ words) WorldAtlas The world's list of tallest trees is constantly changing. With modern technology letting us explore spaces we couldn't before, researchers are still finding and measuring new forest giants. In 2006, the title of world's tallest tree changed when a new…...