Remember Alvin, the world’s only giant anteater with albinism? On first glance, his distinguishing characteristic might seem to be his paler-than-usual fur. Look a little
If the name Turtle Island sounds familiar to you, this may well be why – if you’re in North America right now, it just so
As smart as we as a species are, Mother Nature almost always seems to have us beat. It’s true for things like brain surgery and
At least 11 donkeys have been found dead in Death Valley National Park. While the region has been baked by scorching hot temperatures in its
The 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes have been announced, and once again prove that science can be funny, which only sometimes gets in the way of
Finding new drugs isn’t an easy task, but new research in which wild gorillas were found to be eating the same plants used in local
We humans tend to view pooping as a solitary activity. Unlike many animals, who void themselves without so much as breaking stride and use their
Gold nuggets may be the product of earthquakes repeatedly shaking the veins of quartz, thanks to the mineral’s unusual electrical properties. The idea is hard
In 2023, a first-of-its-kind clinical trial used a brain implant and artificial intelligence (AI) to return movement and sensation to a man with quadriplegia. Now,
Leonardo Da Vinci was pretty much the definition of a Renaissance man, and not just by virtue of being a man who lived during the
Some 13,000 years ago, wandering people set up a campsite in the Great Lakes region and returned to the plot each summer. The site is
Following a rambunctious breeding season, California’s wolf population has rapidly expanded in the past year. At least 30 new pups have been born in the
The idea that the universe is expanding was first proposed by Edwin Hubble in the late 1920s and has been repeatedly backed up by empirical
In the newest breakthrough in prosthetic technology, researchers in Italy have unveiled a robotic hand that is magnetically controlled. There are no wires or electrical
Last year, a landslide sent a wall of water 200 meters (650 feet) high rushing down a Greenland fjord. Thankfully, not only was no one
As we’ve explored the Solar System’s planets and moons using probes and orbiters, we have found and studied plenty of unusual features, from Jupiter’s “Great
Deep in the ocean lives an unusual isopod that’s known to swim upside-down while going backwards with the help of peculiar paddle-like legs as long
