The sandbox tree (Hura crepitans) explodes when ripe, flinging seeds up to 45 meters at over 70 km/h.

Lightning can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun.

Seed banks like the Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserve the genetic diversity of the world's crops.

The rainbow eucalyptus tree naturally sheds bark in patches, revealing bright green, blue, purple, and orange layers beneath.

Trees in a forest communicate and share nutrients through fungal networks in the soil, sometimes called the 'wood wide web.'

A single colony of leafcutter ants can strip an entire tree of leaves overnight.

Piranhas are typically timid — mass attacks on humans occur mainly during drought when they're stressed and food is scarce.

The longest lightning bolt ever recorded stretched 768 km across the southern US in 2020.

The 2018 Camp Fire became one of California's deadliest wildfires.