For decades, paleontologists argued that a small tyrannosaur found in Montana’s Hell Creek Formation was merely a young T. rex
Aug 20, 2026
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Crocodiles still live wild in the middle of the Sahara desert, trapped there since the desert itself used to be green
Aug 20, 2026
Bulls aren't enraged by red — they're red-green colour blind, and it's the movement of the cape that triggers the charge
Aug 19, 2026
When a human and a dog gaze into each other's eyes, both of them release oxytocin
By Brendan Brown · Aug 19, 2026
In the spring of 2022, a Cornell lab technician who'd been parking for free near an Ithaca cemetery and cutting through it on her walk to…
Aug 19, 2026
Somewhere between 18 and 35 percent of people sneeze when they step into bright sunlight, but nobody has established how light hitting the…
Aug 19, 2026
In 1968, a researcher built a mouse paradise
By Daniel Moran · Aug 19, 2026
Chimpanzees in West Africa have been seen carrying their dead for weeks, grooming the body, chasing away flies, and sitting close to the…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 19, 2026
In a Duke University experiment, spotted hyenas were given a rope-pulling task requiring two animals to coordinate without prior training
Aug 18, 2026
A male lion spends much of his life resting and may even displace lionesses from kills they caught
Aug 18, 2026
A lion’s heart makes up only about half a percent of its body weight. A spotted hyena’s is close to one percent
Aug 18, 2026
Dolphins off Western Australia carry sea sponges on their beaks while foraging along the ocean floor
By Daniel Moran · Aug 17, 2026