NATURE

#1 The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, consisting of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands spanning over 2,300 kilometers (1,400 miles) and covering an …

The Gurbantünggüt Desert is the farthest point from any coastline. Located near the border of China and Kazakstan it is 1,600 miles or 2,600 km from the nearest coastline. This desert …

The Southern Ocean, located at the planet’s southernmost point, forms a massive ring around Antarctica. Its currents, sometimes referred to as the Antarctic Ocean, flow in enormous spirals around the …

This article considers mostly extant species when listing the largest species for various types of organisms. The organism sizes listed are frequently regarded as “outsized” and do not fall within …

The size of fish varies greatly. In terms of weight and length, the whale shark and basking shark dwarf all other fish. Fish are a paraphyletic group that includes aquatic …

Trees may be stuck in the ground, but they clearly have some desirable characteristics – after all, who wouldn’t want to live in a beautiful forest for a few thousand …

The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire, or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a region on the Pacific …

The oceans and seas that surround the continents contain many wonders, many of which humans have yet to discover. There are valleys, plains, mountains, and trenches in the vast bodies of …

You will probably agree that the Earth is a wonderful planet. It’s amazing not only because it’s the only planet teeming with life so far – but also because of …

1. Earth is not flat, but it’s not perfectly round either Earth has never been perfectly round. The planet bulges around the equator by an extra 0.3 percent as a …

Earth is the only earth in the Solar System with plate tectonics. principally, the external crust of the Earth is broken up into regions known as monumental plates.