Two breathtaking giant sinkholes in Texas have long been objects of fear and fascination. Wink Sink 1 from above. Image courtesy of The University of Texas at Austin's Bureau of Economic Geology An extraordinarily unstable local terrain has been created as a result of decades of drilling for oil and gas in Winkler County in the West Texas desert, particularly during the … [Read more...] about These Two Texas Giant Sinkholes Are Yearning to Combine, Which Would Have Catastrophic Effects
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The Strangest Mountain in the World, which Inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Novel “The Lost World”
With a unique ecosystem found only above the clouds, the mystic flat-topped Mount Roraima on the tripoint of Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil perplexed 19th-century explorers and inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel 'The Lost World.' Mount Roraima is located on the Guiana Shield in Venezuela's 30,000-square-kilometer Canaima National Park. This strange-looking geological … [Read more...] about The Strangest Mountain in the World, which Inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Novel “The Lost World”
The World’s Largest Edible Mushroom Lives in Symbiosis with Termites, Which is Why it Grows So Large
The majority of edible mushrooms are fairly small, but there is one particularly enormous species that outgrows all the others, and it is found in both West Africa and Zambia. In Zambia, where mushroom gathering is an important aspect of life, the Termitomyces titanicus is greatly revered. While the world's largest fungus (and creature) is of the genus Armillaria, which is … [Read more...] about The World’s Largest Edible Mushroom Lives in Symbiosis with Termites, Which is Why it Grows So Large
Baby’s Photo Shoot is Interrupted By a Deer, Which Turns The Event Into a Fairytale
Nobody anticipated a wild deer to appear as cute 1-month-old Connor posed for a fall picture session! Having been rescued and hand-fed since she was a baby, Maggie the deer, a local favourite at Sam Houston Jones State Park in Louisiana, had no trouble posing for photographs to make the accidental encounter into a lovely occasion. According to Megan Rion, the photographer … [Read more...] about Baby’s Photo Shoot is Interrupted By a Deer, Which Turns The Event Into a Fairytale
The Oldest Known Human-Made Structures in North America are Ceremonial Mounds, Which Date Back 11,000 Years
The mounds were once ceremonial pyres, although it's unclear if they were used to incinerate humans or animals. According to recent findings published in the American Journal of Science, two six-meter (20-foot) high mounds on the campus of Louisiana State University (LSU) are the oldest man-made structures yet found in North America. The construction of the mounds began some … [Read more...] about The Oldest Known Human-Made Structures in North America are Ceremonial Mounds, Which Date Back 11,000 Years