Looking for a sweet treat that's hard to beat? The 10 jumbo fruits featured here aren't just meals in themselves, they're literally outstanding in their fields.

Jerky makes a high-protein, low calorie snack and it can be made from almost any kind of meat... including these ten rather surprising ones.

2012 is the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac and the dragon is the only one of the 12 animals to be wholly mythical... or is it?

Thundersnow: Marvel superhero or heavy metal band? Neither, actually, though the name of this rare aspect of winter weather sounds as awesome as it is.

An abundance of animals bear the burden of doubly descriptive names. An identity crisis in the making? The animals aren't saying so it's up to us to decide.

Nuts about nuts? This selection of 10 unusual nuts highlights the sweet yet occasionally distasteful relationship we have with these swell shelled feed seeds.

Bacteria is essential to human health and that of the earth, but did you know it can also clean up radiation & pollution, target tumors and turn waste into fuel?

From fascinating phenomena and optical effects like earthshine and eclipses to phases, movement & texture, these images show off the moon in all its beauty.

Summer's arrived and China's green menace (a massive bloom of stringy, slimy, and smelly Enteromorpha Prolifera algae) has returned as well... we kudzu not!

A desert - in the middle of Japan? Not quite, but the Tottori Sand Dunes are a spectacular sight and a hidden gem for anyone visiting the area.

Ancient paintings estimated to be 32,000 years old, found in a cave in France, are explored by director Werner Herzog in the film 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams.'

The Bisti Egg Garden is an unusual, atypical and accessible rock formation located in the Bisti Wilderness Area near Farmington, New Mexico. Eggs-cellent!

If these tilted rocks look oddly familiar, it's because Vasquez Rocks Park, just north of Los Angeles, is one of Hollywood's favorite sci-fi filming locations.

Inspired by the anatomical drawings of da Vinci, one Brazilian artist is bringing South American mythology to the world with his visually stunning drawings.

The town of Fudai escaped the March 11th tsunami nearly untouched despite widespread destruction - all thanks to an ugly, unwanted 51-foot-tall floodgate.