Nature

Everything You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know About Hermit Crabs
Hello, Lovelies, and welcome to your all-expenses-paid trip to Trivia City! In today’s article, we will be learning all about one of my personal favorite animals… the hermit crab!
By Lee Saint-Evansabout 9 hours ago in Earth
Margaret in the Window
I was bitten on a Wednesday in October, reaching behind a bag of compost in the shed for a pair of secateurs I'd been blaming my husband for losing.
By Daisy Fernsbyabout 16 hours ago in Earth
Three Laws of Evolutionary Development
• • • We have traced the story of existence from a cloud of hydrogen to human civilization. We have seen the direction: from simple to complex, from formless to structured, from lifeless to conscious. We have seen the pace: accelerating at every stage. We have seen the anti-entropic character: the whole advancing even as the parts decay.
By Han Elucidationabout 17 hours ago in Earth
The Everest Myth We Keep Telling Ourselves
Who Owns Mount Everest? 1 On October 5, 1961, in Beijing, King Mahendra of Nepal and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai signed the Sino-Nepalese Boundary Treaty. Article Two stated that the boundary line passes through the summit of Mount Everest. The north slope belongs to China. The south slope belongs to Nepal.
By Jina day ago in Earth
The Quiet Fragility of California’s Ancient Oaks
Walk through older neighborhoods in Marin County, and you will see living history anchored directly into the landscape. Coast live oaks ( Quercus agrifolia ) twist muscular limbs over fences, cast dense shade across driveways, and frame hillsides with rounded green canopies. Some took root well before modern homes, roads, and utilities were built. In Southern California, documented landmark specimens have lived for nearly a thousand years.
By ORB Tree Service Marketing4 days ago in Earth
Nepal’s Devastating Flash Floods: What Went Wrong?
Several videos showing the Nepal disaster on August 26, 2026, are going viral online. Among them, the first and earliest footage is CCTV footage from the Chinese border, capturing the tragedy at 8:42 (NST) that morning.
By Krishna Babu Shrestha4 days ago in Earth
I Spent My Childhood Trying to Swat One Fly. Here’s Why I Never Could.
Why You Can Never Swat a Fly 1 I believed insects had eyes in the backs of their heads. Summer. Yard. A fly on the table corner, wings open. I crouched, held my breath, moved my palm closer. Then I slapped down.
By Jin4 days ago in Earth
He Was Reassigned to Equine Science. Then He Became China’s Only Undergraduate Farrier.
One When Fu Huadong got the call from admissions, he had already accepted that he might not go to college. He scored 522 on the gaokao. He applied to Sports Rehabilitation and checked “do not accept adjustment.” His score fell short. His file came back. He lost his spot. Then the phone rang. Would he accept a transfer to Equine Science? He said yes.
By Jin4 days ago in Earth
Are trees in the Himalaya marching uphill?
It was summer 2008, and we were in Cholangpati at an elevation of 3500 m a.s.l., a few hours of steep and difficult climbing from Dhunche on the way to Gosaikunda.
By Krishna Babu Shrestha4 days ago in Earth
The 2 AM Decision: What Counts as an Emergency Tree Hazard?
If you live in the Southeast, you know how fast the sky can change. A calm afternoon in Atlanta can quickly turn, bringing severe thunderstorms, high winds, and heavy downpours that sweep across neighborhoods from Nashville to Athens.
By ORB Tree Service Marketing5 days ago in Earth
They Dumped 20,000 Fish Into a River and Called It Kindness
An animal-release group in Guangzhou found the official reporting rules too strict. The group released 20,000 mud carp directly into a river. One person said, “Why should doing a good deed require a report?”
By Jin6 days ago in Earth
Autumn: A Season of Painted Landscape
Whenever September and October arrive, I always find myself feeling nostalgic. I start my travels carrying with me the memories and experiences from my childhood and youth back home in Nepal.
By Krishna Babu Shrestha7 days ago in Earth