nature
Lighting Strikes Three of Chicago's Tallest Buildings at the Same Time
Whitney Jefferson · 06/24/10 01:49PMChicago has been soaked with rain for the last week or so, but the storms provided a gift for the rest of us—a gorgeous, slowed-down video of lightening striking three buildings at the same time. Video inside.
CNN News Anchors Question Validity of Terrifying Guatemalan Sinkhole
Andrew Tatreau-Sherwood · 06/01/10 10:13AMAfter pondering the perfectly cylindrical sinkhole caused by heavy rainfall in Guatemala City, meteorologist, Jacqui Jeras confirmed its authenticity, then ended the segment with suspicions about underground construction. Is she hinting at a government conspiracy? Who's really behind this? Aliens?
Baby Otters Getting Swim Lessons Don't Care What You Think About Israel
Max Read · 06/01/10 02:41AMSharks Prefer Shallow Water, Weekends for Eating People
Jeff Neumann · 05/28/10 05:15AMMan Saves World's Tiniest Water Lily from Extinction
Max Read · 05/18/10 11:17PMColossal Squid is Nowhere Near as Cool as You'd Hoped
Ravi Somaiya · 05/07/10 09:15AMRush Limbaugh Finds the Good in the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
Richard Lawson · 05/06/10 02:55PMRescued Girl Gives Adorably Awkward Interview to GMA
Zach Mack · 04/26/10 11:18AMBBC's Life Humbles Even the Mighty Oprah
Mike Byhoff · 03/21/10 10:12PMDon't Swim in Drowney Lake
Jill Lawson · 03/12/10 04:36PMPoor Dan Drowney. All the man wants to do is film a simple commercial for his lake, but people just wont stop drowning. How frustrating!
This Flooded Meadow is Possibly the Most Beautiful Thing in the World
Jill Lawson · 03/12/10 10:51AMIn a lovely meadow, it rained and rained til the water flooded the lovely meadow. The tiny fish found themselves swimming through the freshly bloomed flowers on the tree branches and under the wooden benches lining the footpaths.
Nature to Man: FU
Mike Byhoff · 01/11/10 09:58AMLocal California Government Wants to Keep Garlic Plants Because They Keep the Vampires Away
Whitney Jefferson · 01/07/10 05:37PMLawndale, California has quite a pungent issue at hand—garlic flowers. The city planted them eight years ago to keep vampires away and now are discussing paying thousands of dollars to remove them. Why? KTLA investigates.
Man to Nature: FU
Mike Byhoff · 01/06/10 10:14AMWhat a beautiful sight. Serene sunset, tall grasses, a view for miles and...HEY! What's that stupid tree doing in the way?!
Owned By Nature... Sort Of
David Matthews · 12/31/09 11:30AMThe Germans really know how to do their public pranks. Why couldn't they have done this on Punk'd? "Take that Alfred Molina!"
Yuppies' Magical Wussie-Rescue Beacons Starting To Piss Off Rescue Authorities
Foster Kamer · 10/25/09 08:15PMNature/Culture Blog Asks: 'How Will Michael Jackson Appear in Heaven?'
The Cajun Boy · 07/13/09 12:59AMNature Cover Nurtured
Hamilton Nolan · 10/02/08 02:30PMEco-Hippies Mourn Dead Trees—To the Extreme!
ian spiegelman · 09/06/08 09:41AMYes, deforestation is a terrible problem and may ruin the earth, but this is just a bit much. Members of the environmentalist group Earth First communed in the woods of North Carolina recently to scream and cry at the tops of their lungs for the brethren flora. Either that, or some hoaxers created a prank video to make Earth First look even whackier than it already has with its "tree sits" and such. I can't decide. Judge for yourself after the jump.