Several water snakes wrap around each other in a “mating ball” in Ohio. A similar ball is being thrown in Florida right now, officials say. Valentine’s Day is behind us, and Cupid has trained his bow on the lakes, rivers…
Its pink manta kind of monday today. The only pink manta in the whole world can be found cruising the shallow waters around lady elliot from time to time, around 8 times in 8 years i think is more like…
A macaque grins at the camera. A team of researchers has found an “engine of consciousness” in the brain — a region where, in monkeys at least, even a little jump start will make them wake up from anesthesia. Consciousness…
An aye-aye in Madagascar. The aye-aye is one of nature’s most fascinatingly bizarre creatures. Native to Madagascar, this lemur is the largest nocturnal primate in the world and has unique features that set it apart. It has bat‐like ears that…
Nightmares are the worst. The sheets are damp with sweat. You’re cold, but your heart is racing as if an assailant just chased you down a dark street. It was just a nightmare, you tell yourself; there’s nothing to be…
This image of a muscle tissue cell, magnified 1200X, reveals a cluster of Trypanosoma cruzi organisms. The award-winning movie “Parasite” recently won audiences’ hearts around the world. While that interaction was benign (for most), encounters with real-world parasites are linked…
The newly discovered “Yaravirus” contains genes that have never been seen in any other viruses. Our planet is teeming with mysterious microbes. Now, in the waters of an artificial lake, scientists may have discovered one of the most mysterious of…
The last woolly mammoths on Earth were a sickly bunch. Dwarf woolly mammoths that lived on Siberia’s Wrangel Island until about 4,000 years ago were plagued by genetic problems, carrying DNA that increased their risk of diabetes, developmental defects and…
What would happen to life on Earth if the planet were supersized? For nearly four years, NASA’s Kepler spacecraft whisked through space, surveying our corner of the galaxy. It monitored more than 150,000 stars, looking for planets about the size…
Four endangered gorillas died suddenly in a Ugandan national park, apparently killed by a single lightning strike. Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), a subspecies of eastern gorilla, live at elevations of 8,000 to 13,000 feet (2,400 to 4,000 meters) in…