"To predict the bad things ... you've got to understand normal now." Scientists discover strange phenomenon impacting latest ...

Ball Lightning Ball lightning is one of the most enigmatic weather phenomena known to man. It occurs globally, particularly ...

Capillary ice, a rare winter phenomenon formed by Exidiopsis effusa fungi, amazed a hiker during a walk in freezing January.

You won’t regret experiencing bioluminescence, swimming with sperm whales or witnessing the rush of a horizontal waterfall ...

When it comes to fashion, weird can be a virtue. And while unconventional style is par for the course when it comes to runway shows, there’s no reason why you can’t integrate some unusual ...

“Imagine each species’ genome is a book, and each little DNA fragment is a sentence,” Rohwer said in a press statement. “Each sample has hundreds of books, all cut up into these sentences. To ...

It was after the original Firefall was banned that the natural version was discovered. In the early 1970s the wilderness photographer Galen Rowell captured the firefall-like illusion off the eastern ...

Some Lehigh Valley residents recently got to see the rare weather phenomenon known as “diamond dust”, according to forecasters. Ray Martin, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in ...

writing “Cold weather ushers in some pretty cool natural phenomenon like this needle ice!” According to ODNR, needle ice is formed when underground water rises to the surface and then freezes.

A tiny Portuguese paradise islet offers a fun day out for visitors, boasting a rare natural phenomenon. Located less than a mile from the coast the idyllic Islet of Vila Franca do Campo is the ...

Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists, firefighters and regular folks use multiple terms to describe similar phenomena, and they don’t always agree on what’s what.