[This is what 10 p.m. looks like at Cook Inlet in Alaska, about 27 miles south of Anchorage. Bet it's not 100 degrees there, either. Pic via AP]

Chicago has been soaked with rain for the last week or so, but the storms provided a gift for the rest of us—a gorgeous, slowed-down video of lightening striking three buildings at the same time. Video inside.

After pondering the perfectly cylindrical sinkhole caused by heavy rainfall in Guatemala City, meteorologist, Jacqui Jeras confirmed its authenticity, then ended the segment with suspicions about underground construction. Is she hinting at a government conspiracy? Who's really behind this? Aliens?

The world is a scary place! On Monday alone we had a giant sinkhole, an international incident, marauding bees and a mosquito plague. So why not take a couple minutes and watch an otter pup learning how to swim?

Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, a new study says that shark attacks are more likely to occur on Sundays and during new moons. But don't worry, only 10% of shark attacks are deadly—you'll be fine! [AFP, pic]

UK-based botanist Carlos Magdalena holds a thermal lily—the world's smallest species—next to a Victoria waterlily—the world's largest. Magdalena has regrown the three-quarter inch-large plant, which is extinct in the wild, from seeds in storage. [BBC, pic via Getty]

Scientists now think that, instead of being a huge, whale-hunting badass, the 45-foot-long collosal squid — a mass of giant eyes and be-toothed arms — is probably just a slow, ambush and scavenge predator. [BBC]

Respected environmental theorist Rush Limbaugh was talking about the disastrous BP oil spill on the radio today and he wanted everyone to cool it with the doom and gloom. The eternal optimist says this could be good for the beach.

Eleven year old Nadia Bloom spent four days lost in a thick, alligator infested Florida swamp before being rescued. This morning she told Robin Roberts about how she survived, and how her friends welcomed her back to school.

A grand, sweeping overview of the inhabitants of our world, Life picks up right where Planet Earth left off. It's a show that makes one happy to own a TV. And it's also narrated by Oprah!

Poor Dan Drowney. All the man wants to do is film a simple commercial for his lake, but people just wont stop drowning. How frustrating!

In a lovely meadow, it rained and rained til the water flooded the lovely meadow. The tiny fish found themselves swimming through the freshly bloomed flowers on the tree branches and under the wooden benches lining the footpaths.

So last week some humans decided to blow the crap out of some stupid tree that made a big mistake by growing. Well the trees are fed up. Watch as this mighty oak exacts revenge on a wood shed.

Lawndale, California has quite a pungent issue at hand—garlic flowers. The city planted them eight years ago to keep vampires away and now are discussing paying thousands of dollars to remove them. Why? KTLA investigates.

What a beautiful sight. Serene sunset, tall grasses, a view for miles and...HEY! What's that stupid tree doing in the way?!

The Germans really know how to do their public pranks. Why couldn't they have done this on Punk'd? "Take that Alfred Molina!"

De-evolution is no more evident than in how natural selection is beginning to suck at its job. Perfect example: rich "nature" types looking to escape urban gridlock are using Get-Out-Of-Danger-Free devices to page rescue authorities to remote locations. Pansies!

Since Michael Jackson died you've probably lost sleep wondering, "I wonder what he'd have looked if he hadn't f-ed himself all up with plastic surgery?" Well now, thanks to the work of some forensic artists, you can know.

Nature's front and back covers. Really now. Coincidence? Or RACISM and ELITISM and possibly SPECIESISM at work? It does, however, raise a good point about dogs' noses and the candidates' positions on them, and how that relates to science. [ATO via AnimalNY]

Yes, deforestation is a terrible problem and may ruin the earth, but this is just a bit much. Members of the environmentalist group Earth First communed in the woods of North Carolina recently to scream and cry at the tops of their lungs for the brethren flora. Either that, or some hoaxers created a prank video to make Earth First look even whackier than it already has with its "tree sits" and such. I can't decide. Judge for yourself after the jump.