Plants and Animals

Sperm Whales Resist Fatal Orca Attack With Unusual Defense: “Cloud of Diarrhea”

Sperm Whales Resist Fatal Orca Attack With Unusual Defense: “Cloud of Diarrhea”

An enormous avocado may have spared some sperm whales from being killed by a pod of orcas off Western Australia’s southern coast. The highly scatological…
The World’s Rarest Fish Is Making A Comeback—One Ridiculous Baby At A Time

The World’s Rarest Fish Is Making A Comeback—One Ridiculous Baby At A Time

Behold the world’s rarest fish! Thymichthys politus, the red handfish, is only found on two small sections of coral off the coast of Tasmania, where…
Giant Blueberry The Size of a Ping-pong Ball is the New World Record Breaker

Giant Blueberry The Size of a Ping-pong Ball is the New World Record Breaker

Abig-ass fruit has just become the world’s biggest blueberry, weighing 20.40 grams (0.71 ounces) and measuring 39.31 millimeters (more than 1.5 inches) in circumference. The…
Seeing the Wood For the Trees: Archaeologists Use Hazelnuts to Rebuild Ancient Woods

Seeing the Wood For the Trees: Archaeologists Use Hazelnuts to Rebuild Ancient Woods

What would we observe if we could stand in a terrain familiar to our Mesolithic ancestors? Scientists have developed a method for examining conserved hazelnut…
California Expects “Impressive” Superbloom; Officials Encourage “Take Photos Not Flowers”

California Expects “Impressive” Superbloom; Officials Encourage “Take Photos Not Flowers”

California is preparing for another super bloom this spring, and it promises to be spectacular, with swathes of rainbow-colored wildflowers predicted to adorn the state’s…
The First-ever Photos of Humpback Whale Sex Involve Two Males

The First-ever Photos of Humpback Whale Sex Involve Two Males

Photographers have captured the first images of two humpbacked whales mating. When they showed their tape to a marine mammal expert, she confirmed that both…
A Study Shows Molecular Pathways Behind Hibernation in Mammals

A Study Shows Molecular Pathways Behind Hibernation in Mammals

Researchers have shed insight on the molecular mechanisms driving hibernation, with their findings published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife. The editors regard their…
What Does the Meat Paradox Tell Us About Human Psychology?

What Does the Meat Paradox Tell Us About Human Psychology?

To put it frankly, the meat industry is unbelievably brutal. Every day, billions of animals in the United States exist in deplorable conditions: hardly able…
Polar Bear Clings on a Little Iceberg for a Snooze Scoops Photography Prize

Polar Bear Clings on a Little Iceberg for a Snooze Scoops Photography Prize

Following the announcement of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award, an award-winning shot of a polar bear’s odd napping place has sparked…
Mutant Wolves at Chernobyl Developed Anti-Cancer Abilities

Mutant Wolves at Chernobyl Developed Anti-Cancer Abilities

According to new research, the wolf population in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) differs genetically from those outside the region. Surprisingly, the irradiated wolves appear…
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