Nature

Articles about the natural world and its phenomena.

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Observation

Old-growth forest

Opacity

Opacity: optical, material, digital, and metaphorical meanings

Paper

Paper

Paper: composition, production, history, types and uses

Comprehensive overview of paper: its materials and manufacture, varieties, historical development, common uses, the pulp and paper industry, and environmental considerations.

Pasture

Pebble

Pebble: definition, formation, uses and significance

Pendjari National Park

Photopsin

Pica d'Estats

Poaching

Poaching: illegal killing and capture of wildlife

Polyamide

Pond

Prairie

Pre-1600 Atlantic hurricane seasons

Psychedelic mushroom

Psychedelic mushroom (psilocybin mushrooms)

Puddle

Puddle

Puddle: small uncontained collections of surface water

A puddle is a shallow, uncontained accumulation of liquid on a surface. This article explains how puddles form, their physical properties, ecological roles, hazards, and ways they

Puffball

Rain

Rain: Formation, Types, Measurement, and Impacts

Rainforest

Rainforest: ecology, distribution, structure and importance

Raw material

Raw material: definition, types, uses and economic importance

Red hair

Red hair

River Taw

Rose quartz

Ruby

Ruby (gemstone)

Samara (fruit)

Samara (winged fruit)

Satin bowerbird

Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

Scoutcraft

Scoutcraft: practical outdoor skills, history, and modern practice

Self-organization

Self-organization: spontaneous order in natural and artificial systems

Sequoia National Park

Shade

Shadow

Silk

Smell

Sněžka

Snorkeling

Snorkeling: an accessible way to observe marine life

Softwood

Softwood: Characteristics, Uses, History, and Distinctions

Spectrum

Spectrum: visible light, types, and scientific importance

Spider web

Spider web: structure, function, and types

Spinneret

Sporocarp (fungi)

Sporocarp (fungal fruiting body): form, function, and examples

Spring

Spring: season of renewal — causes, characteristics, culture and uses

Squall

Squall (meteorology): sudden, sharp increase in wind

Stalactite

Stalagmite

Stibnite

Stinkhorn

Stream

Structural color