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Strange and amazing animals, plants, phenomena and natural wonders can be found here, each collection an original compilation that builds on the classic and ever-reinvented set of 7 Wonders of the World – originally applied mainly to architectural and engineering works but now seen in a new environmental light.

Stone Of Arc: The Worlds 10 Most Amazing Natural Arches

Eons of action by wind and water have conspired to create an abundance of amazing stone arches but these same forces will, in time, sweep them all away.

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Now Sea This: The 10 Most Amazing Bizarre Sharks

Sharks are the oceans' most efficient predators and have evolved to fit a wide range of bizarre ecological niches. Here are ten of the strangest.

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Heavy Hitters: Earth's Most Amazing Meteor Craters

Produced by one-way visits from distant space and time, these 10 meteor craters bear witness to violent events that greatly impacted our planet - literally!

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Spectacular Spectrums: 10 Amazing Rainbows

Gloriously hued and ephemeral in nature, these ten amazing rainbows show what happens when Mother Nature gets out her paintbox.

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Shore Beauty: The World's 10 Most Amazing Beaches

Life's a beach, but not just any beach will do. These 10 amazing beaches showcase the most beautiful sandy shores ever to rock your world!

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Do The White Thing: 7 More Amazing Albino Animals

The distinctive lack of skin pigment displayed by albino animals, as these 7 examples show, is complemented by the beauty and rarity of its presentation.

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That's Hot: The 10 Most Amazing Deserts

Sun, sand and heat are the basic recipe for any amazing desert but like any creative cook, Mother Nature reaches for the spice to make things extra nice.

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Inland Seas Worth Seeing: The 10 Most Amazing Lakes

Big lakes, tiny lakes, freshwater lakes, briny lakes... and more than a few that are one-of-a-kind. These 10 amazing lakes "shore" are special!

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Wonder Deep Down Under: 10 Most Amazing Caves

Caves worth raves! These formerly hidden underground wonders are finally revealing their beauty to those who always thought heaven was someplace above.

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Great White! 7 Albino Wonders of the Animal World

Albino animals can occur in almost any species from crabs to birds to whales. These 7 amazing albino animals definitely qualify as wonders, am I white?

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Gone, Wild! 7 Extinct Wonders of the Animal Kingdom

Of all the creatures whose species have gone extinct, a rare few were more bizarre than anything humanly imaginable. Here are 7 of the strangest.

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7 Wet, Wild & Weird Deep Sea Animal Wonders

The ocean depths are bursting with life - though not life as most of us know it. Here are 7 exceptional examples of the wonders lurking in the deep sea.

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7 Geological Wonders from the World's 7 Continents

Mother Earth has had 5 billion years to sculpt herself into splendor, so let's trip across the 7 continents to find our planet's coolest natural wonders.

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7 Phenomenal Wonders of the Animal World

Symbiotic pairs, camouflaged critters and color-changing animals are one thing, but what about exploding and raining animals? Oh yes, they exist and much much more.

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7 Symbiotic Wonders of the Natural World

Of all the animal pairings in the world, some of the most uncanny ones involve birds. What? Those flighty animals the flit about and flee at the slightest sign of trouble?

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