Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Each year, Nature’s Best Photography draws together some of ...

When it comes to landscapes, the United States goes big. From the Grand Canyon and other must-see high desert, red rock parks on the southwest’s Colorado Plateau to Wyoming’s Yellowstone, and the ...

This stagnant brine pool at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is so toxic it kills and embalms any crabs and amphipods that are unlucky enough to stumble into it. Iron-rich waters buried beneath Taylor ...

China's southwestern karst landscape is pockmarked with dozens of enormous sinkholes that look like they were made with a cookie cutter — and scientists keep finding new ones. Snake Island was ...