On La Gomera, people turn Spanish into whistles that carry across valleys. How Silbo Gomero works,…
Category: World Curiosities
World Curiosities
Coming-of-Age Rituals Around the World: From Seijin no Hi to Land Diving
How cultures mark the passage to adulthood, from Japan's Coming of Age Day and the Jewish…
Endangered Languages: Why They Disappear and How They Are Saved
About 40% of the world's 7,000 languages are endangered. Why indigenous languages disappear, which ones are…
Mysterious Sounds Recorded in the Deep Ocean
The Bloop, the Upsweep, the biotwang and other strange sounds recorded in the deep ocean, and…
The World’s Strangest Natural Phenomena
Discover the most bizarre and captivating natural wonders on Earth. From blood-red waterfalls to sailing stones,…
Ancient Civilizations That Disappeared: What Really Happened
The Indus Valley, Minoans, Olmecs, Ancestral Puebloans and Mycenaeans all declined. What archaeology says about why,…
Eternal Flames of Nature: Fires That Have Burned for Centuries
From Eternal Flame Falls in New York to Turkmenistan's Door to Hell, natural fires that never…
The Loneliest Places on Earth: Remote Islands, Deserts and Ice
From Tristan da Cunha and Point Nemo to Antarctica and the Atacama, the most isolated places…
The Most Isolated Tribes in the World: Who They Are and Why They Avoid Contact
More than 100 Indigenous groups still avoid contact with the outside world. Who they are, where…
