Eight of ten blue-throated macaws slid a feeder door upward after watching another macaw do it, and not one of the five tested without a…
Sep 4, 2026
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In 1959, and again in 1971, South Korea imported American bullfrogs to be raised as food, but the business never took off
Sep 4, 2026
Volunteers were paid about $19,000 each to spend 60 days in strict bed rest without once sitting up
By Daniel Moran · Sep 3, 2026
Scottish lighthouse keepers filled in bird-observation schedules in the early 20th century, and several hundred of the surviving records
Sep 3, 2026
On Christmas Day in 1900, 27 people went out to count birds instead of shooting them
Sep 3, 2026
A coyote somehow swam two miles to Alcatraz, vanished before cameras could find him again, and DNA in his droppings revealed he had crossed…
Sep 2, 2026
A four-kilogram miniature dachshund survived 529 days alone on Kangaroo Island
By Daniel Moran · Sep 2, 2026
Alligator blood can inhibit HIV and kill drug-resistant bacteria in laboratory tests
By Daniel Moran · Sep 2, 2026
An Iguanodon shinbone carries the first bone reaction to a skin ulcer yet reported in a dinosaur
Sep 2, 2026
To count the tigers hiding in India's forests, researchers set out tens of thousands of hidden cameras and waited, and out of nearly 35…
By Kiran Journals · Sep 2, 2026
Greenland sharks can live so long that the oldest may have been swimming when the First Fleet reached Australia
Sep 2, 2026
A single female elephant seal was fitted with a depth logger and sent back to sea, and it turned out she was diving more than a mile…
By Kiran Journals · Sep 1, 2026