The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a ...

Postojna Cave is famous for its five-metre-tall bright-white stalagmite called Brilliant. Postojna Cave, and the surrounding cave system, is also famous for the unusual number of species adapted to ...

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the artist Nick Cave collected thousands of objects to mount an exhibition on memory and history. His giant mammoth sculptures are potent, timely symbols of ...

Deep beneath the border between Albania and Greece, a single spider web sprawls across rock like a living carpet, turning a ...

Parasites have been attaching themselves to spiders for millennia. Given the large number of spiders and the wide variety of ...

The new National Geographic series Pole to Pole ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose venom may yield new life-saving drugs. In episode 2 of Pole to Pole, Will Smith captures a ...

It was only described in 2001 after being found in caves, which is why it doesn’t show up in older spider books. Like other huntsman spiders, it has long, laterally stretched legs that point out to ...

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The southwest corner of South Dakota is home to several of the state’s biggest hits, making for the ultimate road trip adventure. In just a few days, you can check off Mount Rushmore, explore Badlands ...

Arachnophobes look away – as scientists have discovered the biggest spider’s web in the world. The web, which was found near the entrance of Sulfur Cave (a sulphuric cave ecosystem) on the ...

Jakarta is now the world's largest city by population. The capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, is home to nearly 42 million, according to a new report from the United Nations, making it the most densely ...