The platypus is one of nature’s strangest mammals. This egg-laying animal sweats milk, hunts by sensing electrical signals, carries venomous spurs, and even glows under ultraviolet light. Discover the ...

In a series of experiments at Johns Hopkins University, Lily Zhao fired tiny samples of a microorganism with a room-sized gas ...

Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.

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Fans of McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish might find an unwanted surprise in their food — but experts say it’s a good thing.

In China, a particular species of edible mushroom causes hundreds of cases of hallucinations annually, as well as some delirium, dizziness, and mania. The hallucinations tend to be of tiny “elves” ...

An experiment mimicking conditions on the Saturn moon suggests that cell-like bubbles don’t form in methane lakes, puncturing ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder ...

Transmitter is the latest addition to the Cut Worms universe, but this is a very different artist from the one we’re used to. Led by ...

A Golden Retriever discovering a worm for the first time might not sound like a major life event, but for one curious pup named Marley, it turned into a full-blown, unhinged investigation. The ...

When people think about famous dinosaurs, predators and giants usually dominate the spotlight. Yet one plant-eater managed to stand out from the crowd - Parasaurolophus, a hadrosaur with one of the ...

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