The short-faced bear first appeared during the middle Pleistocene, about 800,000 years ago and it became extinct about 11,600 years ago. It might have been the largest carnivorous land mammal that ever lived in North America, weighing about 900 kg.
This is Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala. Fuego is famous for being almost constantly active at a low level. Small gas and ash eruptions occur every 15 to 20 minutes, but larger eruptions are rare.
World's first 'true' millipede with over 1,000 legs discovered deep below Earth's surface. Emerging from a drill hole in Western Australia, a new record holder for leggiest animal on the planet
Mount Rainier... casting its shadow into infinity across the clouds.
This only happens during autumn and winter when the sun rises farther to the south, so that it'll be positioned behind Mt. Rainier which blocks the first rays of morning light.