Rare giant Indonesian flower blooms about once every ten years
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Monarch butterfly lovers are lending a hand
Planet

Everyday people respond to the news the insect in endangered by turning their homes into hatching stations


Brazil’s National Museum devastated by fire
World

The 200 year-old building was a famed home to irreplaceable artifacts from around the globe … but was badly in need of repair


Watch Mount Etna during a late night eruption
World

Even though Etna is one of the world’s largest active volcanoes, millions live peacefully in its shadow


Life before the shell—meet an ancient turtle
History

Eorhynchochelys sinensis is the greatest example yet known of how prehistoric reptiles evolved into turtles


Hurricane Lane approaches Hawaii
World

Flooding and landslides have already begun on the ‘Big Island’, hurricane could make landfall later Friday