animals

Meta’s year so far hasn’t exactly been a picnic. But that didn’t stop one nut-loving creature from seeking some joy inside one of …

A morning walk through East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York uncovered an immense colony of some 5.5 million subterranean bees.…

A tiny blue octopus that lives in the deep sea off the coast of the Galápagos Islandsis so small that it can fit in the palm of a…

Garlic has been considered a natural mosquitorepellent for centuries. In popular culture, it is believed that its pungent smell…

War had already darkened Tehran’s skiesby March 8. When rain began to fall, residents said it was thick, foul-smelling and dark…

Cocaine pollution can affect the behavior of fish—altering, for example, the way Atlantic salmonmove through their environment,…

As noise levels rise, whales reduce their diving activity—effectively entering a forced fasting period that weakens them over…

As noise levels rise, whales reduce their diving activity—effectively entering a forced fasting period that weakens them over…

Early editions of the index were a tabbed notebook. “I still have some of the original versions of it,” Boyer says. “You would go…

Early editions of the index were a tabbed notebook. “I still have some of the original versions of it,” Boyer says. “You would go…