3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (320+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 4:10 PM EDT W. linsterorum is a belemnite, a group of prehistoric cephalopods who left behind some of paleontology’s most common fossils. Examples of their bullet-shaped structures known as a rostrum have regularly shown up at dig sites around the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (644+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 10:00 AM EDT True to its name, Iran’s spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) has a rather novel strategy. It uses a tail that looks like a spider to lure birds trying to eat the decoy spider. When the time…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (408+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 9:00 AM EDT FACT: Hector the tickle robot is real, and they’re spectacular FACT: How prickly ash and chili pepper combine to create a fascinating taste explosion This week’s episode features special guest Priya Mani. She’s a food historian,…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (437+ words) Published Sep 9, 2026 12:00 AM EDT In The Lion King, the hyenas Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed were at the evil lion Scar’s every beck and call. And while the Disney team probably didn’t spend an extensive amount of time observing lions and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1001+ words) Published Sep 5, 2026 9:00 AM EDT Imagine this: A giant sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) has just swallowed you whole. Surviving inside of a giant sea creature has become a classic “fish tale” of human resilience and redemption. In the latest reimagining of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (358+ words) Published Sep 4, 2026 12:04 PM EDT Five pups were recently born at England’s Chester Zoo, far from their homeland. But these bush dogs (Speothos venaticus) are on a mission—they’re part of a conservation breeding program protecting the future of their species....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (146+ words) Published Sep 4, 2026 11:00 AM EDT “It’s really surprising and exciting to identify another predator present in Beringia,” Molly Cassatt-Johnstone, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), said in a statement. Berinigia is the ancient stretch of land…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (191+ words) Published Sep 3, 2026 4:08 PM EDT The largest Tyrannosaurus rex fossils ever discovered belong to a 66-million-year-old apex predator named Scotty. Like many T. rex skeletons, it’s difficult to determine if the specimen was male or female, but Scotty was an unequivocal bruiser....

2+ week, 41+ min ago   (370+ words) Published Aug 31, 2026 12:11 PM EDT Animals sometimes get stuck in the strangest (and most terrible) of places. From a peanut butter jar to a car’s front grill, wildlife experts have certainly seen it all. But when Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable,…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (403+ words) Published Aug 31, 2026 11:00 AM EDT “There is a touch of mystery to spirals,” explained University of British Columbia zoologist Alexandra Weber. “We are only beginning to understand how these shapes are produced in animals, such as our looping intestine, snail shells,…...