This epic colossus, half man, half mountain, was erected in the late 1500s by renowned Italian sculptor Giambologna as a symbol of Italy’s rugged Appenine mountains. This mountain god, fittingly named Appennino, stand 35 feet tall over the ground of the …

A melanistic Fox, one of the rarest animals on the planet. Over the course of two months, photographer Sam Gaby gained the trust of a unique-looking fox in Newfoundland. The pair have built a relationship that allowed the photographer to capture the wild …

The land of Anatolia is likened to the brightest star of Turkey. The land of Anatolia is likened to the brightest star of Turkey Cappadocia possesses a unique and unparalleled natural landscape dating back to the time of the Hittites (1800 – 1200 BCE) …

After a 20-hour rescue mission, a 65-foot whale that washed up on a beach in China was finally towed back into the water. Recently, a massive whale became stranded in Ningbo City, south of Shanghai. It was feared that if it wasn’t placed back into the …

The arid desert sands of Egypt are not the most likely of places to find whales. But dozens of fossilised remains of prehistoric ancestors of the giant sea mammals have emerged from the shifting sands of the Egyptian Sahara. Among them is an intact 37 …

The small village of Dinoša, in Montenegro, is home to an old mulberry tree that turns into a water fountain every time it rains heavily. As we all know, water doesn’t normally gush out of living trees, but at least in this case the phenomenon has a perfectly …

An elephant had an itch it just had to scratch – on a car enjoying a South African safari. The VW Polo and its two terrified occupants found itself in the wrong place at the wrong time as the giant elephant stooped down to rub itself against the vehicle’s …

Leaping out of the water in majestic fashion, these acrobatic female humpback whales seem to fly with the nimble grace of a dolphin a fraction of their size. This picture shows a 50ft, 45-ton humpback fully breaching the water – it’s nose reaching 40ft …

The Black Diamond apple is a rare breed from the family of Huaniu apples that is cultivated in the Tibetan region of Nyingchi. Despite what the name suggests, the apple rather is a purple hue, with white pulp on the inside. Its unique color is due to …

The world’s oldest tree, a 9,500-year-old Norwegian Spruce named “Old Tjikko,” after Professor Leif Kullman’s Siberian husky, continues to grow in Sweden. Discovered in 2004 by Kullman, professor of Physical Geography at Umeå University, the age of the …