Nature
Fossa lives where logic goes on holiday. Madagascar likes to reinvent nature, and the fossa is its most confusing invention. People see it for…
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Nature
Kalanchoe looks almost suspiciously perfect. Its glossy leaves seem freshly polished, while dense clusters of red, pink, orange, yellow or white flowers create the…
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Nature
A forest fire often begins with something insultingly small. A spark jumps from a power line, lightning strikes a dry tree, or somebody decides…
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Nature
Lake Maracaibo does not do subtle. It sits in north-western Venezuela like a huge, restless mirror, linked to the Caribbean by a narrow strait,…
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Nature
Catatumbo lightning behaves like that eccentric neighbour who throws parties every night without ever sending an invitation. Before going any further, it helps to…
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Nature
The slow blink of a cat captures a level of subtle drama that few creatures can match. A dog will fling its entire body…
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Nature
Blobfish roam the deep with the kind of calm only creatures of crushing pressure can master. Their world sits far below the restless waves,…
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Nature
A coral reef in distress does not always look like a disaster. Sometimes it looks like an underwater nightclub with better taste. Pink, violet,…
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Nature
A starfish looks like the sort of creature that gave up halfway through evolution. Five arms, no face worth mentioning, no obvious direction, and…
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Nature
There is something almost suspiciously modest about mussels. They sit there, clinging to rocks or pilings, looking like small, slightly glossy pebbles that happen…
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