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The tuatara of New Zealand has barely changed in appearance since the age of the dinosaurs

The goliath birdeater is the heaviest spider on Earth, with a leg span the size of a dinner plate

Mammoth Cave in Kentucky stretches more than 400 miles, the longest cave system on Earth

Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Spring glows in rings of rainbow color made by living microbes

Pluto turned out to have towering ice mountains and a heart-shaped nitrogen glacier

9 active U.S. volcanoes scientists watch most closely

A saguaro cactus can live two centuries and stand taller than a four-story building

Bristlecone pines in California include trees that have been alive for nearly 5,000 years

The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile and can outweigh a small car

10 of the largest dinosaurs that ever walked the Earth

The axolotl can regrow its legs, its spinal cord and even parts of its brain

The Mariana Trench plunges nearly seven miles down, deeper than Everest is tall

Blood Falls pours a stream of rust-red brine out of an Antarctic glacier

Death Valley’s sailing stones slide across the desert floor on their own, leaving long trails

The Eye of the Sahara is a 25-mile bullseye of rock so vast it is easiest to see from orbit

The wandering albatross spreads the longest wings of any living bird, stretching up to eleven feet

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