Even the most destructive volcano has a heart. Long extinct and eroded to the core, volcanic plugs are reminders of Earth's younger, hotter days.

What happened to the Indus Valley civilization, the Minoans or the Olmec of Mexico? Alien abduction? Maybe not, but it's still a mystery.

People of good taste not only love gold, they love to taste gold – in and on their food & drink. Who knew putting carats on one's carrots could do a body good?

Up to 10,000 shipping containers are lost at sea annually and while most sink out of sight, they and their strange & varied cargo are increasingly on our minds.

The incredibly rare and exceptionally dangerous Land Shark has been known to the scientific community since 1975. Every once in a while, it is caught on camera.

Laika, who leaped into orbit back in 1957, was one of over 50 Soviet “dog stars” who helped set the stage for the great Space Race. This is their story.

Step into one of the most geologically active places on Earth to see incredible otherworldly sights you will never see anywhere else...on this planet, at least.

California's Anzo Borrega Desert houses an incredible prehistoric sculpture garden based on the area's rich natural history.

The March 19, 2011 extreme supermoon made moonlight extra bright, all night, and gave the world's photographers a great excuse to “shoot the moon."

Idealistic dreams of a cheap, clean, atomic-powered future are fast fading to nightmares as the INES adds one more nuclear accident to its lethal list.

Emilio Marcos Palma laughs at those claiming to be from the Deep South. Born at Argentina's Esperanza Base, Palma lays claim to be the first native Antarctican.

Nuclear power is a subject of hot debate in some circles, but 2 million years ago the planet was splitting Uranium atoms all on its own within the ground.

In the Australian summer of 2008/09, a proliferation of a glowing organism turned one lake into an alien world featuring luminescent blue water.

For six incredible months in 1969, the American side of the powerful Niagara Falls was dammed up...and the water temporarily stopped flowing.

A complex system of caves beneath Nottingham, England - used for everything from dungeons to drinking dens - is revealed by high-tech 3D scanning equipment.