A three-millimetre jellyfish found in oceans worldwide can reverse its own life cycle when injured or starving, melting back into its…
Jul 15, 2026
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A shark that lives in the freezing Arctic can survive for roughly 400 years and does not reach adulthood until around 150
Jul 15, 2026
In the final minutes of a deep-sea dive, scientists saw white clams and giant tube worms surrounding volcanic vents and realized they had…
Jul 15, 2026
Humans have roughly 10 times as many sweat glands per square inch as chimpanzees, yet a Duke study found our bodies turn over 30 to 50 per…
Jul 14, 2026
A vast hidden biosphere extends kilometres beneath Earth’s surface, where microorganisms survive in perpetual darkness
Jul 14, 2026
Bowhead whales can live past 200 years, and a 2025 study found unusually efficient repair of certain DNA lesions
Jul 14, 2026
Crocodiles can lose limbs in territorial fights and still heal in bacteria-rich water with surprisingly little infection
Jul 14, 2026
The 52-hertz whale has an unusual call, but scientists cannot tell whether it is alone or unanswered
Jul 13, 2026
We tend to think of lions as Africa’s ultimate killers, but a lone lion hunting in daylight succeeds in only about one chase in five, while…
Jul 13, 2026
Methuselah is among the oldest confirmed living non-clonal trees, with rings dating to roughly 2833 BC
Jul 13, 2026
In 1938, a South African fisherman hauled up a fish that scientists believed had been extinct for 65 million years
Jul 12, 2026
The human gut replaces its entire lining every 4 to 5 days, and the stem cells at the base of each intestinal crypt divide faster than…
Jul 12, 2026