Category: Travel & Discovery

Fisherman Shocked to Find Incredible 19-Armed Fluorescent Sunflower Starfish in Crab Trap

A fisherman was awestruck when he accidentally caught a critically endangered fluorescent starfish in a crab trap. Lee LeFever said he was shocked to haul up a sunflower starfish given that its population has plummeted by 90 percent in the last decade. Lee found the bright orange sea creature with 19 arms in one of his…


Winemakers Age Bottles of Red Below Adriatic Sea for 700 Days for ‘Flavor of the Ocean’

A Croatian winemaking duo have garnered global fame for their signature winemaking technique—aging grape bottles 20 meters below the surface of the Adriatic for 700 days, where in darkness and silence, the liquor absorbs accents of the sea. Now, they’re inviting customers to experience this undersea wine cellar, diving for their own bottle. Ivo Šegović, 38, and Edi…


Photographer Delves Into Sprawling Underground Slate Mine to Snap Jaw-Dropping Shots in Wales

These incredible photos of slate mines show the mystery hidden deep beneath the ground in Wales. Gareth Owen has been exploring mines for around five years and has photographed many sites across North Wales—showcasing the beauty of nature underground. The 32-year-old, who works as an electrician, captured the collection of images which show the cavernous…


Men With Incredible Facial Hair Face Off in Germany for ‘Beard Olympics’—And It’s Herr Raising

Around 100 proud beard wearers came together for the Beard Olympics and the German Beard Championships to compete with each other in categories such as “Moustache Dali,” “Whiskers Freestyle,” and “Full Beard Natural with Styled Upper Lip.” “The Beard Olympics is international, so participants from all countries can take part. The German Championship is only for German citizens or beard wearers who are members of a German beard club,” Willi Preuss,…


Hubble Space Telescope Captures Mysterious ‘Dead Galaxies’ 11 Billion Light-Years Away

Extraordinary images captured by Hubble Space Telescope and ALMA observatory—utilizing unique natural gravitational lensing—revealed a remarkable phenomenon which occurred in space 11 billion years ago. Early in the life of the universe, when it was just 3 billion years old and stars were forming abundantly, a cluster of galaxies mysteriously died out and stopped producing stars for some unknown…


Whale Watchers Snap Humpback Calf Seeming to Soar Through the Air in Perfectly Timed Photos

A humpback whale calf spotted performing a spectacular breach in Australia appears to soar through the air—and was captured in several perfectly timed photos snapped by a tour guide. “The calf’s first breach was airborne, followed by mom, who did a great effort as well,” whale watching guide Peter Lynch told The Epoch Times. “We…


VIDEO: Orphaned Baby Grizzly Meets Polar Bear Cub Companion After Arriving at Detroit Zoo

Visitors of Detroit Zoo can now witness the budding friendship between a polar bear cub and orphan baby grizzly at the sight’s renowned Arctic Ring of Life habitat. The adorable white and brown balls of fur can be seen rolling about, swimming, and tussling together in the 4 acres of lush grounds, filled with tall…


Wildlife Photographer Snaps Black Leopard After 2 Years Tracking—And the Photos Are Electric

A wildlife photographer from India snapped these images of a rare black panther as it slept in a tall tree. Bhargava Srivari from Hyderabad had been tracking the large black feline for two years before he finally caught sight of it in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve. The 29-year-old said that, in his some 20 years of…


Driver Mesmerized by Swarm of Thousands of Mobula Rays in Baja—and the Photos Are Surreal

A young 27-year-old divemaster from Thailand was leading an expedition off the coast of Baja California when she witnessed a breathtaking sight—and managed to capture it on her underwater camera. Hoping to swim with marlin in Magdalena Bay last November, Pier Nirandara and her group stumbled across a few thousand mobula rays swarming in perfect…


Contractor at Old Train Station Unearths Hand-Written Ledger From 1885 in Cambridgeshire

A builder has found a Victorian-era train ticket ledger from 1885 after it fell through the ceiling at a railway station. George Thorne discovered the 136-year-old “hidden treasure” as he removed some rotten woodwork while renovating the station’s ticket hall. The ledger, dated April 1885, contains hand-written entries of all the passenger luggage and parcels…