Fine Denzel

13/06/2023

Fighting during this period was often done on foot, so warriors preferred a lighter and more form-fitting style of armor. The Dō-maru shown here is from the late Muromachi period (1392-1573).

23/05/2023

Reef manta rays (pictured, an animal in Hawaii) are considered vulnerable to extinction due to pressures such as overfishing.

May you live all the days of your life.

09/05/2023

The Sovereign’s Scepter bears the controversial 530.2-carat Cullinan I diamond.

11/04/2023

Physarum leucophaeum
Slime molds propagate by packaging their spores in structures that range from puffy masses on a surface (aethalia) to colorful bulbs on stems (sporangia), such as these growing on moss.

20/03/2023

In North Carolina's Black River, bald cypress trees grow in a portion of the river marked by swamps. Swamps are a type of wetland, a waterlogged ecosystem critical for people and wildlife.

11/03/2023

Looking for shortcuts through the lush hills of western Sichuan, China, Paul Salopek's walking party gets lost in forests that have gobbled ancient footpaths.

04/03/2023

A Yamnaya grave with a horse rider discovered in Strejnicu, Romania. The remains of this man, who was 30 to 40 years old at death and lived between 4,500 and 5,000 years ago, showed the most physical signs of having ridden horses of all the skeletons analyzed in the study.