Geography hub
Species, biomes, and conservation stories—from alpine plants to coral reefs. See how life adapts to place.
Imagine palm-like forests and crocodile relatives living far closer to the poles than today—and seas warm enough to reshape currents worldwide. That’s the Eocene: a long stretch of…
On most world maps, Lake Baikal looks narrow and remote. In reality, it is a giant rift lake in southern Siberia whose depth, age, clarity, and endemic wildlife…
If you draw a band across Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and Siberia, you trace one of Earth’s most important habitats: the taiga. This subarctic forest stores enormous amounts of…
Imagine looking out of an airplane window as you fly over northern Canada or Siberia. For hundreds of miles (hundreds of kilometers), you see dark green forests, and…
Bees don’t all live the same length of time. A worker honey bee hatched in July might last only a few weeks, while a “winter bee” lives for…
Close your eyes and inhale—the heady scent of fermenting chakvad (must) rising from buried qvevri in sunlit Kakheti. With 525+ indigenous varieties, Georgia isn’t just a wine region—it’s…
Major Georgian wine regions include Kakheti, Kartli, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi & Kvemo Svaneti, Adjara, Samegrelo, and Guria—each defined by distinct soils, signature grapes, and centuries-old qvevri winemaking traditions. Georgian…
If you’ve ever pictured a “big ant” as something the size of a grain of rice, the world’s giants will reset your scale fast. But here’s the reason…
Khudadov Forest — a forest situated on the left bank of the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi. Perched on a mountain slope in the northern part of the city,…
The quest to identify the world's biggest parrot takes us on an exciting journey, examining two particular contenders: the Hyacinth Macaw and the Kakapo. These two species exemplify…
