Researchers captured the first photos of the rare and elusive Pallas’s cat in Himachal Pradesh, India. See trail-cam photos here.

The Kīlauea volcano is erupting and drawing “thousands of visitors” to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. See USGS’s timelapse footage here.

A new study describes a unique behavior scientists observed among prairie rattlesnakes: drinking water off each other’s heads. Watch it here.

Bear Grylls says there are some circumstances in which a waterfall might “fall upwards.” In case you don’t believe him, watch his video.

A new study details how scientists in Hawaii used a drone to pluck a rare flower from a remote cliff and then realized it was a new species.

A hiker raises her arm on a mountaintop and there’s a strange buzzing noise—static electricity. She shared her experience and it went viral.

Deep-sea footage of a bristled deep-sea worm scuttling about on the seafloor had the comment section going wild. See it here.

New research links the sport of mountain biking to an unsettling number of spinal cord injuries. Read more here.

A hiker’s death this week in Big Bend National Park underscores the message that in places like Texas, it’s still really hot.

A bald eagle got caught up in Hurricane Milton earlier this month, and a remote trail cam caught it video. Watch it here.