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Solar, wind, and hydroelectric power!

Pomp and pageantry abound at royal nuptials.

Don’t cut them down on this planet, Little Prince!

Meaning "naked seeds," gymnosperms are plants that do not make flowers or fruits. Instead, many use cones for pollination and to protect their seeds.

Swimming birds of the Southern Hemisphere.

Buenos Aires: the vibrant capital of Argentina.

Stretching some 2,360 miles (3,800 km) from the subtropical north to the subantarctic south, Argentina is known for its captivating glaciers, waterfalls, mountains, and shorelines.

Our precious blue marble, as seen from space.

These plants eat things! How cool is that?!

The northern and southern lights, known respectively as the aurora borealis and the aurora australis, are luminous phenomena of Earth’s upper atmosphere. Gorgeous!

Honeybees: from flower to hive.

These non-vascular plants are almost as strange as their name!

Although they may look like small palm trees, cycads are actually gymnosperms and use cones instead of fruits to protect their seeds.

Jellyfish are mysterious, beautiful, and definitely not fish.

A sampling of the diversity of the cactus family (Cactaceae).

A once-populous bird hunted to extinction.

Charles Darwin, the father of evolution.

Yuccas, Spanish daggers, and Joshua trees are all members of the same genus, Yucca. These desert plants have amazing adapations and structures, take a peek!