A fairy ring popped up in my yard this year. Fairy rings are also called fairy circles, elf circles, elf rings, or pixie ...

Drone image of the fairy circles and a lonesome tree in the Giribes Plains. Hundreds of thousands of fairy circles occur in the Giribes without any Euphorbia damarana in the vicinity. These ...

Parts of the Namib desert are covered in “fairy circles,” patches of empty earth surrounded by plants. There are many myths about the origins of these strange patches: Some believe they are the ...

Some believe they’re footprints from the gods, others think they’re formed by dancing fairies or UFOs, but no-one can explain these millions of mysterious circles in the desert. Video by Kate ...

Looking down from a plane, you’ll see these circles dotted across Ireland. These are the most profuse archaeological monument in Ireland, the ringfort, often referred to as the fairy fort.

The sand termite Psammotermes allocerus could be responsible for mysterious circles of grass in southern Africa. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, personal ...