Teen Swimming in a Lake Finds Gold Bar Worth €16,000 ($18,000)

Teen Swimming in a Lake Finds Gold Bar Worth €16,000 ($18,000)

Nobody knows how the gold bar ended up in the lake

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 9th, 2015
Brain-Eating Amoeba Infects 14-Year-Old Boy in Minnesota

Brain-Eating Amoeba Infects 14-Year-Old Boy in Minnesota

The boy, named Hunter Boutain, is in critical condition

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 4th, 2015
Lava Tube Drains Lake in Oregon Every Spring, Turns It into a Meadow

Lava Tube Drains Lake in Oregon Every Spring, Turns It into a Meadow

The lake fills in winter, vanishes when it no longer receives enough water to make up for what seeps down the lava tube

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 29th, 2015
This Spooky Bleeding Glacier in Antarctica Will Forever Haunt You

This Spooky Bleeding Glacier in Antarctica Will Forever Haunt You

The blood-red water that's been gushing out of this glacier for ages owes its color to bacteria populating a hidden lake

Watch: Man Sits on the Edge of Bubbling Lava Lake

Watch: Man Sits on the Edge of Bubbling Lava Lake

Sam Cossman visited the Marum crater on the volcanic island of Ambrym with a group of researchers, helped study it

  • History
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 31st, 2015
Ancient Metropolis Was Abandoned Following Centuries-Long Drought

Ancient Metropolis Was Abandoned Following Centuries-Long Drought

The city of Cantona in Mexico was deserted after the region was hit by a 650-year period of severe and frequent droughts

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 22nd, 2015
Lake Holding Billions of Gallons of Water Drains in Just a Few Weeks

Lake Holding Billions of Gallons of Water Drains in Just a Few Weeks

The lake, birthed by meltwater in Greenland, left behind a crater measuring 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) across

Swan Caught on Camera Drowning Itself in a Lake in China

Swan Caught on Camera Drowning Itself in a Lake in China

The woman that captured the bird's final moments on camera believes the swan committed suicide after losing its mother

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 27th, 2014
Lava Lake Springs into Being atop Volcano in Africa

Lava Lake Springs into Being atop Volcano in Africa

The lava lake formed atop the Nyamuragira volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, scientists detail

Italian Adult Actress Found Mutilated in a Trunk at the Bottom of a Lake

Italian Adult Actress Found Mutilated in a Trunk at the Bottom of a Lake

Police find parts of Federica Giacomini's body at the bottom of Lake Garda

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 6th, 2014
Dormant Microbes Might Be Hiding on Mars

Dormant Microbes Might Be Hiding on Mars

Researchers say it might be possible to bring them back to life

Canoeist Rescues Owl from Freezing Finnish Lake

Canoeist Rescues Owl from Freezing Finnish Lake

The owl had somehow fallen in the lake, needed help getting out

Elephant Is Rescued from Drowning in a Lake

Elephant Is Rescued from Drowning in a Lake

Anarkali wanted to take a bath, wandered too far from the shoreline

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 26th, 2013
The North Pole Has Turned into a Lake

The North Pole Has Turned into a Lake

Scientists say this has happened before, there is nothing to worry about

Ginormous Ice Crater Documented in Antarctica

Ginormous Ice Crater Documented in Antarctica

Researchers say a lake buried under the ice caused the crater to form

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 5th, 2013
“God's Bathtub” Discovered in Australia

“God's Bathtub” Discovered in Australia

Researchers find lake whose waters are stunningly clear, pristine

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • January 21st, 2013
Massive Mars Crater Housed Ancient Lake Fed by Underground Water

Massive Mars Crater Housed Ancient Lake Fed by Underground Water

The finding raises hopes of an underground water network, perhaps surviving today

 
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