Tornadoes form from powerful rotating thunderstorms.

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

The Pantanal in South America is the world's largest tropical wetland area, covering up to 195,000 square kilometers.

The Banyan tree can spread horizontally indefinitely through aerial roots that become new trunks.

Ball lightning is a rare phenomenon of glowing spheres of light that drift through the air — its cause is still debated.

You are more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 sent a wave of molasses through Boston streets.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater was built directly over a waterfall in Pennsylvania — and required structural reinforcement decades later.

Sharks existed before trees evolved.