🪨🏠🪨 Yes, it's real! More amazing images/info about the house between the rocks👇 earthlymission.com/castel-muer-... 📷 DIGITALAIN

Full story ❤️👇 earthlymission.com/message-in-b...

The only preserved head of the extinct Dodo bird. Scientists have recently successfully mapped the dodo's genome. Can we bring it back?👇 earthlymission.com/scientists-s... 📷 gnomonic

🚲 💪 More about the Steel Grandpa and his incredible achievement👇 earthlymission.com/gustaf-hakan...

Say that again... More about the only fifth-order island on Earth👇 earthlymission.com/island-in-la...

A towering 150-ft iceberg drifts through Iceberg Alley near Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada—a great view to have with your morning coffee. More images/info on Iceberg Alley👇 earthlymission.com/iceberg-alle... 📷 Doreen Dalley

More about the European lion and the new findings👇 earthlymission.com/lions-europe...

Where naval powers sailed between 1740-1855 based on 280,000 ship log entries. More about this map/hi-res zoomable version👇 earthlymission.com/ship-log-ent... Map by Peter Atwood

This recently discovered waterfall in Peru looks like a bride dressed in a wedding gown and veil. More images/info about the Bride Waterfall👇 earthlymission.com/bride-waterf... 📷 El Alto Digital

The ancient Greeks were funny 🤣 More about the ancient Greek graffiti and what the Romans did to Egyptian monuments👇 earthlymission.com/greek-touris...

🐺❤️ These pups and their parents are the first gray wolves that have been spotted in Colorado since the 1940s, marking a historic moment for conservation efforts in the state! Full story👇 earthlymission.com/native-gray-... 📷 NPS

🍯🐝⚱️ Why does honey never spoil? Have archaeologists tasted millennia-old honey?👇 earthlymission.com/honey-basica...

Found mostly around Lake Superior, these glowing rocks are known as Yooperlites. They are actually syanite rocks rich in fluorescent sodalite - and were only discovered recently! More about Yooperlites and how to find them👇 earthlymission.com/yooperlites-... 📷 Tarah Nicole Hoffman

👁️🐦 Birds experience a far richer visual world than we do. While humans are trichromats—seeing blue, green, and red—most birds are tetrachromats, able to detect an extra channel: ultraviolet (UV). They spot patterns and colors completely invisible to us. Read on👇 earthlymission.com/human-vision...

This is the only place where you can see Earth's mantle actively exposed on the surface. More about the island/exposed mantle👇 earthlymission.com/macquarie_is... 📷 Blagoj Klincharski

Read Koivunen's amazing story👇 earthlymission.com/aimo-koivune...

💧Today is World Water Day — so how about rewilding more rivers? 🏞 This river on the Dutch-Belgian border has been restored to the pristine conditions that existed 500 years ago. More about the rewilded river👇 earthlymission.com/river-meuse-... 📷 Herman Gielen/Vincent Fissette, Avisum

More about the Himalayas' marine fossils👇 earthlymission.com/marine-fossi...

A beer bottle discovered at “The Challenger Deep”, the deepest known point of seabed on Earth, 35,876 feet (10935 m) below sea level at the bottom of “The Mariana Trench”. Yes, we're getting there. Deepest-living fish also recently discovered👇 earthlymission.com/snailfish-ca... 📷 deepseadawn

Have you ever wondered how many ancestors you have? Well, wonder no more, because this infographic will show you the mind-blowing numbers of your great-great-great-great-great (etc.) grandparents. The numbers get really crazy👇 earthlymission.com/all-your-gra...

The oldest house ever found (up to 25,000 years old) is made of mammoth bones (Mezhyrich, Ukraine) 🦣🛖 What they found vs. what it looked like. More about the oldest house👇 earthlymission.com/mezhyrich-pe...

The side of Earth you never see — with Point Nemo in the middle, which recently a father and son swam through for the first time ever 👇 earthlymission.com/point-nemo-c...

📷🌐 Where people click the camera button the most👇 earthlymission.com/the-most-pho...

Montezuma Castle in Camp Verde, Arizona, is a set of remarkable cliff dwellings that were inhabited by the Sinagua people, a pre-Columbian culture. The dwellings were probably built in the middle 1100s AD. Read on👇 earthlymission.com/montezuma-ca... 📸 Beyond My Ken

Scientists recorded a dolphin speaking "porpoise"! A dolphin named Kylie has been living with a pod of porpoises for 14 years and learned to communicate with the porpoises using their own language. Read on👇 earthlymission.com/scientists-r... 📷 kenichi nobusue / Hélène Surmont

A clue to the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke was recently found hidden in invisible ink👇 earthlymission.com/roanoke-colo...

Located on the southern side of Uluru rock, Mutitjulu Waterhole is one of the few permanent water sources in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia. The mystery of Uluru and what it hides under the ground👇 earthlymission.com/uluru-myster... 📷 bamboo water

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The first archaeologists. Full story👇 earthlymission.com/first-archae...

These 1000-year-old ancient Persian vertical-axis windmills are still in use today. Their design - which is the first known documented arrangement of this kind - is unique in that they feature a vertical-axis rotor. Read on👇 earthlymission.com/nashtifan-ir... 📷 Hadidehghanpour

A tourist spotted a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus being used as a table in a beach bar near Varna, Bulgaria. Full story👇 earthlymission.com/bulgaria_bea... 📷 Bulgaria Ministry of Interior / Google Maps/Cristi Condrut

Marie Paradis, the first woman to summit Mont Blanc in 1808, was so exhausted near the top that she begged her companions to throw her into a crevasse — hardly surprising, since she had to climb in a dress and corset. The amazing story of the first woman climbers👇 earthlymission.com/first-woman-...

Contrary to popular belief, the "human remains" in Pompeii are not fossilized bodies, but are made of plaster cast into the molds that the decayed bodies left in the volcanic ash after Mount Vesivius' eruption in 79 AD. More about the "human remains" at Pompeii👇 earthlymission.com/pompeii-huma...

🧊 What Antarctica would look like without ice... The continent is home to the largest volcano range on earth. More about what's below Antarctica's ice👇 earthlymission.com/hundreds-vol... Image credits: What If / NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

🐢 Not a handsome face but old enough not to care! With lifespans in the wild of over 100 years, the Galapagos tortoise is one of the longest-lived vertebrates. In captivity, they can live to almost 200 years! The oldest terrestrial animal 🐢👇 earthlymission.com/meet-jonatha... 📷 Rennett Stowe

Stonehenge in 1877 and today. It changed more in the 20th century than at any time since the Bronze Age. How Stonehenge has changed since the 1800s👇 earthlymission.com/stonehenge-l... 📷 Edwin J. Acott / Mavratti

Peacock feather under the microscope. 📷 Gribkov

Was Magellan the first to sail around the globe? The fascinating story of the first circumnavigation👇 earthlymission.com/magellan-exp...

Dark oxygen 🌑🫧 More about the 'dark oxygen' just found👇 earthlymission.com/dark-oxygen-...

More about Kutkhiny Baty and what's it like inside👇 earthlymission.com/kutkhiny-bat...

Life with little oxygen. What life is like in the world's highest town👇 earthlymission.com/la-rinconada...

In Moses' footsteps... More info/images/footage of the sea parting👇 earthlymission.com/sea-parting-... 📷 Mukhamaadolin Alimov / Jindo County

A giant glacial boulder inside a regular supermarket in Estonia — carried to its current spot by Ice Age glaciers over 10,000 years ago. 📷 Viimsi Selver

113-million-year-old dinosaur tracks revealed by Texas drought. More images/info about the tracks👇 earthlymission.com/113-million-... 📷 Paul Baker/Friends of Dinosaur Valley

This is not a carpet. It's an intricate floor carving by Spanish artist Selva Aparicio. And it has a deep meaning👇 earthlymission.com/carpet-carve...

If a Holly tree finds its leaves are being nibbled by deer, it modifies its DNA to make them spiky when they regrow. On taller Holly trees, the upper leaves (out of reach) have smooth edges, while the lower leaves are prickly. How it does it👇 earthlymission.com/holly-trees-... 📷 Leif Bersweden

Built between 4,500 and 5,000 years ago, the Dolmen of Soto in Spain is known as the 'Underground Stonehenge.' During equinoxes, the first rays of sunlight illuminate the interior of the dolmen. Read on👇 earthlymission.com/dolmen-de-so... 📷 Pelayo Belloso Vega / Ángel M. Felicísimo

Valley of Tears in the Andes, January 1973 vs. January 2023. The incredible story of this plane crash and the survival of 16 passengers👇 earthlymission.com/miracle-of-t...

The Amazon river and its tributaries as seen from the International Space Station. More amazing Amazon photos made from space👇 earthlymission.com/amazon-river... 📷 Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA

The tree of Tule in Oaxaca, Mexico, has the largest trunk diameter in the world. It's circumference reaches almost 50 meters and has a height of 42 meters. It's approximately 2,000 years old. More images/info about this fascinating tree👇 earthlymission.com/el-arbol-del... 📷 Ernesto Murguia