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'Discovering' Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Migration

The Méret Oppenheim fountain at Waisenhausplatz.

Bern, Switzerland

Méret Oppenheim Fountain

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

Baby mountain gorilla in Virunga National Park.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Virunga National Park

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

A key-footed glyptodon.

extinct animals

What in the World Was a Key-Footed Glyptodon?

It had a shell as big as a car.

Sarah Laskow November 9, 2018

"A roving mole."

Why Does It Look Like This National Park Building in Alaska Is Sprouting Hair?

The answer might not sit well with arachnophobes.

Anna Kusmer November 1, 2018

Why Scientists Are Studying the Dining Habits of Manta Rays

These filter feeders might be a ray of hope amidst microplastic pollution.

Abbey Perreault October 15, 2018

Study subject, dinner, or both?

The Many Reasons Biologists Eat Their Study Subjects

Snacking on specimens from raw monkey to bee vomit can help scientists figure stuff out.

Cara Giaimo June 14, 2018

These 540-million-year-old critter prints are the oldest found tracks on earth.

Found: The World's Oldest Footprints, Made by Ancient Bugs

They are tiny but mightily impactful.

Christina Ayele Djossa June 7, 2018

Humans only make up a sliver of the biomass.

The Incredibly Tricky Task of Measuring All Life on Earth

Humans make up just 0.01 percent of the biomass on the planet—the same as termites.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 22, 2018

Chimps sleep in nests, but they only spend a single night in each one.

Is a Chimpanzee's Bed Cleaner Than Yours?

Maybe it's best not to think too much about what's in your bed now.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 16, 2018

Do chitons have brains? What is a brain, anyway?

The Secrets Hiding in the Simplest Animal Brains

One researcher thinks mollusks called chitons are more complex than they seem.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 16, 2018

Oriskany two years after sinking.

Pensacola, Florida

USS Oriskany

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

Skate eggs, like this deep sea example, are known as "mermaid purses."

Found: A Natural Egg-Incubator in the Deep Ocean

Who knew hydrothermal vents make such great nurseries?

Vittoria Traverso February 9, 2018

Sandown, England

National Poo Museum

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.

This Vietnamese crocodile lizard is just one of 115 new species identified in the Greater Mekong region.

The Latest New Species Discoveries From the Greater Mekong

Three mammals, two fish, 11 reptiles, 11 amphibians, and 88 plants, all from the same region.

Eric Grundhauser December 28, 2017

Collagen fibers (green) and fat cells (red).

Have a Microscopic Christmas

Thanks to a visualization tool being used to develop stem cell therapies.

Vittoria Traverso December 21, 2017