Oklahoma is home to 46 snake species, seven of which are venomous. The seven species belong to a group known as pit vipers and share several physical and behavioural traits. Their heads are wider than their necks and are triangular. According to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, their eyes have elliptical pupils that help…

Image: Charles Woodward, Michael Aikey, John Rudoff, Michael Dawson/Gooding Christie’s A 1929 Bugatti Type 40 Grand Sport, chassis 40801, crossed the block at Gooding Christie’s Amelia Island sale as part of the New Woodstock Collection, carrying pre-auction hopes of $350,000 to $450,000. Instead, as Racecar records, the car, which had spent more than 60 years…

Opened in 2002, the Falkirk Wheel transformed how boats travel between two historic canals in central Scotland. The rotating boat lift connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, which lies about 100 feet higher. Instead of relying on the former flight of 11 locks, the structure uses two water-filled gondolas that rotate…

Since 2006, researchers working with the Instituto Socioambiental have restored 75 riparian forest sites along a 500km stretch of Mato Grosso, Brazil, using five different approaches, three direct seeding techniques (broadcast, hole and row), seedling planting, and natural regeneration. Fifteen years on, a study published in the Journal of Environmental Management found the results were…