Nature
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Americans like nature so much they spend more on outdoor recreation than on gas
An outdoors industry association says that we spend about $646 billion dollars every year on apparel, equipment, accessories, food, transportation, lodging and so forth.
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The amazing peacock spider wants to shake its sexy flaps at you
Here, get a little closer -- they're really tiny
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Baby sharks have superpowers
Brown-banded bamboo shark embryos still in their egg cases can also use an electroreceptive sense to escape predators with by playing dead.
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Giant squid, caught on film for the first time ever, is beautiful and TERRIFYING
The scientists who took the footage basically couldn't believe what was happening.
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Beautiful video compares cities to nature
We're glad we're not the only ones who see some sort of connection
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These early 20th century nature drawings are like a bad acid trip
They start out all fun and colorful, and the world just seems amaaaaazing and full of beautiful creatures.
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Not only can this jellyfish live forever, it has a theme song
The scientist in Japan who's dedicated his life to studying the jellies has found celebrity as the superhero Mr. Immortal Jellyfish Man.
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Man, animals are kinkier than you thought
It's hard to know how freaky animal sex gets, though, because some scientists are protective of their research subjects.
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This beautiful waterfall is also essentially a flaming fart
In a park in upstate New York, there's a flame that never goes out. OK, it almost never goes out. But we'll still give it credit for being pretty tenacious, because it lives behind a waterfall.