A skeleton discovered on Dorset’s Jurassic coast has been identified as a new species of…
Cutting onions slowly and using the sharpest knives available can reduce eye irritation,…
October 2025 is a month of meteor showers. In fact, while the Draconids will continue today and tomorrow, the Orionids will shine their strongest in about two weeks or so. Though the first tends to be a little less impressive, the second is often…
Anyone who spends a lot of time in the kitchen knows what it’s like to be driven to tears when chopping an onion. A handful of creative kitchen hacks have been explored to avoid this stinging sensation, from cutting an onion under running water…
Meet the recently discovered Frankenstein-like tropical spider Damarchus inazuma — a striking new species found in the forests of western Thailand. Half its body displays female characteristics, while the other half is distinctly male.
A team of…
The West Coast is years overdue for the next big earthquake.
When the colossal tremor…
As coordinator of the Wildlife Confiscations Network, Mandy Fischer helps match trafficked animals—from alligators to jaguars to baby monkeys—with sanctuaries and care facilities
There are more animal gamers than you might think. In California, for example, US Navy sea lions have been trained to navigate an on-screen cursor through a maze, using their snouts to press four buttons (up, down, left and right).
The sea lions,…
