These are a couple videos from Hormuz Island off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf, where heavy rainfall causes the iron ochre-rich soil and sand (the result of ancient volcanic activity) to ‘bleed’ into the sea. Mother Nature, am I right? “What about her?” Totally nuts. Now —

This is Pokearth, a series of nature documentaries created by animator EnlargedKai (and narrated by Paul Warren) about Pokemon (Doduo, Wailord, Clodsire, Magikarp, and Spheal) in the style of David Attenborough’s ‘Planet Earth’ on BBC. They were a fun watch — I especially liked the Doduo and Magikarp ones, and

This is a video of a robotic spy squirrel built by John Downer Productions (previously: some of their other spy animals) capturing the behavior of real squirrels as they attempt to steal each other’s nuts. Did you know that every autumn the average squirrel hides 10,000 nuts, and has such

This is a video from the Voyageurs Wolf Project, which studies wolf behavior in Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota, of a rock that was intentionally sprayed with skunk essence (eau de La Pew) in order to get passing wolves to stop in front of the trail cam. It works

Because humanity is, by nature, complete garbage, the flightless dodo bird has the distinction of being the first known species to be completely extinguishing by human activity (hunting, habitat destruction, introduction of predators). The species was discovered and extinct in less than 80 years. Go us! In this clip from

This is a short video of some intrepid spelunkers who discovered a bunch of crystals growing in a cave that, when stroked, sound like a harp. That’s something. Something you probably shouldn’t be touching because you just summoned a balrog. Hope you brought a wizard! @cave.chronicles Magical Crystal Sounds ♬

Seen here catching a ride on a jellyfish because work smarter, not harder, this is an incredibly informative video from Bizarre Beasts detailing the evolutionary development of the argonaut, the only octopus with a shell, and the only one that lives in the open ocean, unlike the rest of its

This is an almost 4-mile drone flight up the French alps piloted by Romano FPV starting from Chamonix (altitude: 3379-ft) to the peak of Aiguille du Midi (altitude: 12,605-ft). That’s an altitude gain of 9,226 feet, or 1.75-miles. Damn, I would probably have trouble breathing all the way up there.