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New Zealand Penguins Travel 2500 Kilometres For Food In Marathon Migration

3 years ago

New Zealand Penguins Travel 2500 Kilometres For Food In Marathon Migration

Stunning Fossils Show Ancient Parasitic Wasps Still Inside Their Unfortunate Hosts

3 years ago

Stunning Fossils Show Ancient Parasitic Wasps Still Inside Their Unfortunate Hosts

Tiny Tunnels Previously Unknown To Scientists Found Between The Skull And Brain

3 years ago

Tiny Tunnels Previously Unknown To Scientists Found Between The Skull And Brain

Scientists Find Evidence Of 1000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation In The American Southwest

3 years ago

Scientists Find Evidence Of 1000-Year-Old Parrot-Breeding Operation In The American Southwest

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Beetle Trapped In 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was An Early Pollinator

3 years ago

Beetle Trapped In 99-Million-Year-Old Amber Was An Early Pollinator

E. Coli Bacteria Made This Image Of The Mona Lisa

3 years ago

E. Coli Bacteria Made This Image Of The Mona Lisa

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Black Widow Spiders Are Spreading Farther North Than Ever Before

3 years ago

Black Widow Spiders Are Spreading Farther North Than Ever Before

The World’s Fastest Creature Is Not What You Think

3 years ago

The World’s Fastest Creature Is Not What You Think

Here’s How An Absurd Primate Ended Up With Squirrel Teeth

3 years ago

Here’s How An Absurd Primate Ended Up With Squirrel Teeth

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Australian Birds Learn About Danger By Listening To Their Friends

3 years ago

These Australian Birds Learn About Danger By Listening To Their Friends

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Does Your Self-Control Fare Against Great Tits’?

3 years ago

How Does Your Self-Control Fare Against Great Tits’?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The ‘Scutoid’ Is Geometry’s Newest Shape, And It Could Be All Over Your Body

3 years ago

The ‘Scutoid’ Is Geometry’s Newest Shape, And It Could Be All Over Your Body

Whale Sharks Can Live 130 Years, New Study Estimates

3 years ago

Whale Sharks Can Live 130 Years, New Study Estimates

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

3 years ago

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

George Dvorsky

Baby Snake That Lived Among Dinosaurs Found Preserved In Amber

3 years ago

Baby Snake That Lived Among Dinosaurs Found Preserved In Amber

George Dvorsky

Adorable New Shark Species Named After Trailblazing Marine Biologist Eugenie Clark

3 years ago

Adorable New Shark Species Named After Trailblazing Marine Biologist Eugenie Clark

George Dvorsky

Fur, Feathers, Hair And Scales May Have The Same Ancient Origin

3 years ago

Fur, Feathers, Hair And Scales May Have The Same Ancient Origin

George Dvorsky

Scientist Loses Distinguished Award After Acceptance Presentation Full Of Racy Photos

3 years ago

Scientist Loses Distinguished Award After Acceptance Presentation Full Of Racy Photos

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Crows Are Officially More Badarse Than Ravens, Citizen Scientists Report

3 years ago

Crows Are Officially More Badarse Than Ravens, Citizen Scientists Report

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A Tit, An Owl And Some Parakeets: Winning Pics From The 2018 Audubon Photography Awards

3 years ago

A Tit, An Owl And Some Parakeets: Winning Pics From The 2018 Audubon Photography Awards

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

New Translucent Spider Discovered Living In Muddy Indiana Cave

3 years ago

New Translucent Spider Discovered Living In Muddy Indiana Cave

Neat Experiment Suggests Crows Are Even Better Toolmakers Than We Thought

3 years ago

Neat Experiment Suggests Crows Are Even Better Toolmakers Than We Thought

George Dvorsky

The Discovery Of Complex Organic Molecules On Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Is A Huge Deal

3 years ago

The Discovery Of Complex Organic Molecules On Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Is A Huge Deal

George Dvorsky

Canadian Music Festival On Hold Due To A Single Nesting Bird

3 years ago

Canadian Music Festival On Hold Due To A Single Nesting Bird

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A New NASA-Led Project Means The Search For Aliens Is Heating Up

3 years ago

A New NASA-Led Project Means The Search For Aliens Is Heating Up

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

3 years ago

What Happens When A Ghost Town Turns Into A Lab

Adam Clark Estes

Whoa, Check Out Zebrafish Eyes

3 years ago

Whoa, Check Out Zebrafish Eyes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Swamp Sparrows Display Evidence Of Centuries-Old Tradition In Their Songs

3 years ago

Swamp Sparrows Display Evidence Of Centuries-Old Tradition In Their Songs

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Extinct Giant Panda Lineage Discovered Thanks To DNA From 22,000-Year-Old Skull

3 years ago

Extinct Giant Panda Lineage Discovered Thanks To DNA From 22,000-Year-Old Skull

In The World Of Male Dolphin Alliances, Individual Names Identify Friends And Foes

3 years ago

In The World Of Male Dolphin Alliances, Individual Names Identify Friends And Foes

Fascinating Experiment By Australian Scientists Suggests Bees Understand The Concept Of Zero

3 years ago

Fascinating Experiment By Australian Scientists Suggests Bees Understand The Concept Of Zero

Stick Bugs Could Be Thriving By Getting Pooped Out Of Birds

3 years ago

Stick Bugs Could Be Thriving By Getting Pooped Out Of Birds

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Are Plants Conscious?

3 years ago

Are Plants Conscious?

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Rewrote The History Of Birds

3 years ago

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Rewrote The History Of Birds

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Smart Was T. Rex? And Other Dino Questions You’ve Always Wanted To Ask

3 years ago

How Smart Was T. Rex? And Other Dino Questions You’ve Always Wanted To Ask

George Dvorsky

Hippo Poo Is Suffocating Fish In East Africa

3 years ago

Hippo Poo Is Suffocating Fish In East Africa

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Lizards With Toxic Green Blood Are Super Freaky

3 years ago

Lizards With Toxic Green Blood Are Super Freaky

George Dvorsky

Does Earth’s Shifting Orbit Influence How Life Evolves?

3 years ago

Does Earth’s Shifting Orbit Influence How Life Evolves?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Hibernating Squirrels Could Ease The Organ Shortage Crisis

3 years ago

How Hibernating Squirrels Could Ease The Organ Shortage Crisis

George Dvorsky

Plants Complain To Their Friends When The Neighbourhood Gets Too Crowded

3 years ago

Plants Complain To Their Friends When The Neighbourhood Gets Too Crowded

George Dvorsky

What Scientists Saw When They Put A Crocodile In An MRI Scanner And Played Classical Music

3 years ago

What Scientists Saw When They Put A Crocodile In An MRI Scanner And Played Classical Music

George Dvorsky

Mistletoe Somehow Survives Without Protein Needed By All Other Multicellular Life

3 years ago

Mistletoe Somehow Survives Without Protein Needed By All Other Multicellular Life

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females For No Apparent Reason

3 years ago

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females For No Apparent Reason

George Dvorsky

Gorgeous Photo Of Martian Landscape Is Just The Beginning For ExoMars Mission

3 years ago

Gorgeous Photo Of Martian Landscape Is Just The Beginning For ExoMars Mission

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Winning Wildlife Photo Disqualified Because Of Suspected Fake Anteater

3 years ago

Winning Wildlife Photo Disqualified Because Of Suspected Fake Anteater

George Dvorsky

Scientists Kept Disembodied Pig Brains ‘Alive’ For 36 Hours, And It’s Testing Our Conceptions Of Death

3 years ago

Scientists Kept Disembodied Pig Brains ‘Alive’ For 36 Hours, And It’s Testing Our Conceptions Of Death

George Dvorsky

Flies Love To Ejaculate, Experiment Finds

3 years ago

Flies Love To Ejaculate, Experiment Finds

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Rare Mutation Among Bajau People Lets Them Stay Underwater Longer

3 years ago

Rare Mutation Among Bajau People Lets Them Stay Underwater Longer

New Species Of ‘Exploding Ant’ Discovered In Borneo

3 years ago

New Species Of ‘Exploding Ant’ Discovered In Borneo

This Glitter-Filled Algae Is A Living Opal

3 years ago

This Glitter-Filled Algae Is A Living Opal

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Mutated Plastic-Munching Enzyme Accidentally Created During Lab Experiment

3 years ago

Mutated Plastic-Munching Enzyme Accidentally Created During Lab Experiment

These Male Hummingbirds Manipulate The Sound Of Their Flying To Attract Mates

3 years ago

These Male Hummingbirds Manipulate The Sound Of Their Flying To Attract Mates

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Astonishing Zika Virus Images Were Made With a Nobel-Prize Winning Technique

3 years ago

How Astonishing Zika Virus Images Were Made With a Nobel-Prize Winning Technique

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Bizarre Fish Hides A Nasty Switchblade On Its Cheek

3 years ago

This Bizarre Fish Hides A Nasty Switchblade On Its Cheek

Director Of ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat At Controversial Food Producer Leaves To Start New Company

3 years ago

Director Of ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat At Controversial Food Producer Leaves To Start New Company

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Superb Antarctic Veggies Are A Tasty Preview For A Menu On Mars

3 years ago

These Superb Antarctic Veggies Are A Tasty Preview For A Menu On Mars

You’ve Never Seen Herpes Like This Before

3 years ago

You’ve Never Seen Herpes Like This Before

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Fossilised Ichthyosaur Was Pregnant With Octuplets When She Died

3 years ago

Fossilised Ichthyosaur Was Pregnant With Octuplets When She Died

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

3 years ago

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

Dark Splotches On Venus Could Be Signs Of Life

3 years ago

Dark Splotches On Venus Could Be Signs Of Life

Science & Health

3 years ago

Watch Sea Turtles Awkwardly Try To Use Their Flippers As Arms

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Simulation May Finally Explain Why Knuckle Cracking Makes That Awful Sound

3 years ago

Simulation May Finally Explain Why Knuckle Cracking Makes That Awful Sound

Mother-Son Orca Pair Commits Infanticide In Oceanic Shakespearean Drama

4 years ago

Mother-Son Orca Pair Commits Infanticide In Oceanic Shakespearean Drama

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

More Than 140 Whales Are Dead After Mass Stranding In Australia

4 years ago

More Than 140 Whales Are Dead After Mass Stranding In Australia

First-Ever Footage Of Anglerfish Mating Is As Horrifying As You’d Imagine

4 years ago

First-Ever Footage Of Anglerfish Mating Is As Horrifying As You’d Imagine

‘Alien’ Mummy Found In Atacama Desert Is Actually A Tiny, Mutated Human

4 years ago

‘Alien’ Mummy Found In Atacama Desert Is Actually A Tiny, Mutated Human

Parents Are Still Reluctant To Give Peanuts To Infants, Despite New Guidelines

4 years ago

Parents Are Still Reluctant To Give Peanuts To Infants, Despite New Guidelines

George Dvorsky

Ancient Human Groups Mated With The Mysterious Denisovans At Least Twice

4 years ago

Ancient Human Groups Mated With The Mysterious Denisovans At Least Twice

George Dvorsky

What’s The Filthiest Animal?

4 years ago

What’s The Filthiest Animal?

Florida Wildlife Officials Are Killing Invasive Iguanas By Smashing In Their Skulls

4 years ago

Florida Wildlife Officials Are Killing Invasive Iguanas By Smashing In Their Skulls

George Dvorsky

These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have A Profound Case Of Evolutionary Déjà Vu

4 years ago

These Hawaiian Stick Spiders Have A Profound Case Of Evolutionary Déjà Vu

George Dvorsky

Termite Armies Send Their Oldest Soldiers To Die First

4 years ago

Termite Armies Send Their Oldest Soldiers To Die First

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

First Observation Of Rigour Mortis In Worms Could Help Us Understand Death By Old Age

4 years ago

First Observation Of Rigour Mortis In Worms Could Help Us Understand Death By Old Age

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

More Evidence That Dogs ‘See’ The World With Their Powerful Noses

4 years ago

More Evidence That Dogs ‘See’ The World With Their Powerful Noses

George Dvorsky

How Do You Hear Without ‘Ears’?

4 years ago

How Do You Hear Without ‘Ears’?

Termites Are Finally Being Recognised For What They Really Are: Social Cockroaches

4 years ago

Termites Are Finally Being Recognised For What They Really Are: Social Cockroaches

George Dvorsky

Huge Advancement In MRI Tech Captures Teeny Molecules With Incredible Resolution

4 years ago

Huge Advancement In MRI Tech Captures Teeny Molecules With Incredible Resolution

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

New Species Of Tardigrade Discovered In Japanese Parking Lot

4 years ago

New Species Of Tardigrade Discovered In Japanese Parking Lot

George Dvorsky

Experiment Shows Microbes Could Thrive On Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

4 years ago

Experiment Shows Microbes Could Thrive On Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

George Dvorsky

Ancient Elephants And Mastodons Were Totally Down With Inter-Species Boning

4 years ago

Ancient Elephants And Mastodons Were Totally Down With Inter-Species Boning

George Dvorsky

There’s No Such Thing As A Truly ‘Wild’ Horse Anymore

4 years ago

There’s No Such Thing As A Truly ‘Wild’ Horse Anymore

George Dvorsky

The Fungi That Cause Athlete’s Foot Have Given Up On Sex

4 years ago

The Fungi That Cause Athlete’s Foot Have Given Up On Sex

Ed Cara

Rare Yellow Cardinal Spotted In Alabama

4 years ago

Rare Yellow Cardinal Spotted In Alabama

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

4 years ago

Why Scientists Taught Monkeys To Associate Brand Logos With Genitals

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

In A ‘Key Milestone’, Scientists Get A Clear Look At Huntington’s Disease Protein

4 years ago

In A ‘Key Milestone’, Scientists Get A Clear Look At Huntington’s Disease Protein

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

First Evidence That Microplastics Travel Up The Food Chain And Into Seal Bellies

4 years ago

First Evidence That Microplastics Travel Up The Food Chain And Into Seal Bellies

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Model Brains-On-A-Chip Reveal The Physics Of Brain Folding

4 years ago

Model Brains-On-A-Chip Reveal The Physics Of Brain Folding

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Earth’s First Land Plants May Have Sprouted 80 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

4 years ago

Earth’s First Land Plants May Have Sprouted 80 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

George Dvorsky

These Freaky Fish Can Turn Their Eyes Into Torches

4 years ago

These Freaky Fish Can Turn Their Eyes Into Torches

George Dvorsky

Transgender Woman Breastfeeds Her Baby After Experimental Treatment

4 years ago

Transgender Woman Breastfeeds Her Baby After Experimental Treatment

Picture Of Single Trapped Atom Wins UK Science Photography Prize

4 years ago

Picture Of Single Trapped Atom Wins UK Science Photography Prize

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Cautious Optimism As Scientists Grow Human Eggs From Immature Cells In The Lab

4 years ago

Cautious Optimism As Scientists Grow Human Eggs From Immature Cells In The Lab

Snakes Could Be Spreading Flowers By Pooping Mice

4 years ago

Snakes Could Be Spreading Flowers By Pooping Mice

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Swallowed Bombardier Beetles Spew Hot Chemicals From Their Butt To Make Predators Vomit

4 years ago

Swallowed Bombardier Beetles Spew Hot Chemicals From Their Butt To Make Predators Vomit

Scientists Sequence Human Genome With Handheld USB Device

4 years ago

Scientists Sequence Human Genome With Handheld USB Device

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Lawsuit Alleges University Of Pittsburgh Covered Up Escaped Lab Monkey Infected With ‘Select Agent’

4 years ago

Lawsuit Alleges University Of Pittsburgh Covered Up Escaped Lab Monkey Infected With ‘Select Agent’

Frog Species Breaks Record For Most Sex Chromosomes In A Vertebrate

4 years ago

Frog Species Breaks Record For Most Sex Chromosomes In A Vertebrate

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The ‘Shower Rat’ Is Very Obviously Not Showering

4 years ago

The ‘Shower Rat’ Is Very Obviously Not Showering

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Holy Crap These Leech Cocoons Are Incredible

4 years ago

Holy Crap These Leech Cocoons Are Incredible

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Evolution Turned Lions And Cheetahs Into Such Formidable Killing Machines

4 years ago

How Evolution Turned Lions And Cheetahs Into Such Formidable Killing Machines