The average cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds — held aloft by rising warm air currents.

Some desert plants store water in thick, fleshy stems.

Fact #858 · Nature

The Amazon rainforest supports millions of species.

Fact #302 · Nature

Certain fish form schools to reduce predation risk.

Fact #479 · Nature

Mass extinction events have reshaped life on Earth multiple times.

Fact #756 · Nature

The Carboniferous period had vast swamp forests.

Fact #691 · Nature

A scorpion glows under ultraviolet light.

Fact #435 · Nature

Some trees can communicate with each other using underground fungal networks.

Fact #2144 · Nature

There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way — about 3 trillion trees.

Fact #3484 · Nature