In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at mysterious arachnids with more legs and eyes than you can count on one hand: spiders. How long have spiders been around? How many different spider species are…
In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at mysterious animal abilities that are so incredible they might as well be superpowers. How do animals breathe underwater? Why can microscopic tardigrades survive being frozen for decades?…
A frontal view of the head shows the bilateral split between sexes (female left side of image, male right side). In an un-bee-lievable discovery, scientists identified a bee that’s male on its left side and female on its right side.…
The orangutan Ujian chats with new buddies, a romp of river otters. A family of orangutans and a romp of river otters are the furriest of friends, according to zookeepers in Belgium who purposefully arranged for the primates’ and mustelids’…
Last updated May 1 at 6:18 pm E.D.T. As of May 1, Maryland is reporting 23,472 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,098 deaths associated with the virus, according to Maryland.gov. This makes it 13th in the list of states for the…
The skin rashes that may be tied to COVID-19 take many forms, from tiny red dots to larger, flat lesions, doctors say. Numerous reports of skin rashes in patients with COVID-19 are cropping up around the world. The rashes can…
The island of Maui in Hawaii. Last updated May 4 at 8:29 a.m. ET. There have been 620 “confirmed or presumptive” cases of COVID-19 in Hawaii, according to a statement from the Hawaii State Department of Health. Epidemiologists have confirmed…
The plague’s feline victims were largely adult cougars, but one 3-month-old kitten did die of the disease. The plague is notorious for killing tens of millions of people throughout history, but a new study has revealed that the deadly bacteria…
Scientists have discovered six entirely new coronaviruses lurking in bats in Myanmar. These viruses are in the same family as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is currently spreading across the globe; but the researchers said the newbies aren’t closely related genetically…
Last updated on May 1 at 6:20 p.m. E.T. The state is currently reporting 46,971 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 and 2,354 deaths, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. An additional 180,477 individuals have tested negative for the virus.…