Survival & Disasters
Storms, eruptions, and creatures so deadly evolution made them glow.
The Insect Sting That Mimics a Gunshot
The bullet ant delivers a neurotoxin that causes 24 hours of waves of pure, paralyzing agony.
A spider bite that acts like toxic Viagra
The venom of the Brazilian Wandering Spider can trigger a painful, four-hour erection that has led scientists to study it as a cure for impotence.
The Animal That Eats Anthrax For Breakfast
Vultures possess stomach acid so corrosive that it dissolves metal and kills the world's deadliest bacteria instantly.
The Plant That Delivers a Year of Pain
The Gympie-Gympie tree produces a neurotoxin so potent that victims have been known to lose their minds from the agony.
The New England Peak With Arctic Fury
Mount Washington doesn't look like much from a map, but its geology creates a wind tunnel effect that rivals the vacuum of outer space.
A Toxic Rainbow At The Bottom Of The World
The Danakil Depression is a tectonic scar where the Earth’s crust is pulling apart, bringing acid pools and chlorine gas to the surface.
The Brazilian Island Where Snakes Own The Canopy
On Ilha da Queimada Grande, the density of venomous snakes is so high that the Brazilian Navy has officially banned all human visitors.
The Russian Lake That Kills With A Glance
Standing on the shore of Lake Karachay for just one hour provides a lethal dose of radiation, turning an alpine landscape into the world's most dangerous vista.
The Crimson Mirror That Turns Animals Into Stone
A Tanzanian lake with the pH of ammonia and temperatures reaching 140 degrees remains a graveyard for anything that misreads its glass-like surface.
The Snake That Can Kill An Elephant
A king cobra can drop an Asian elephant in under three hours.
A jellyfish the size of a basketball can stop your heart in three minutes
Its venom can stop a human heart in three minutes.
Inside the most violent tornado ever recorded
319 mph winds. 2.6 miles wide. Survivors disagree on what they saw.
A lightning bolt is 5× hotter than the Sun
And it strikes Earth 100 times every second.