Life
- Fossils
From Mammoth to Modern Elephant
The Asian elephant appears to be the closest living relative of the woolly mammoth, now extinct.
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- Fossils
Some Dinos Dined on Grass
Evidence taken from fossilized dinosaur poop shows that some of these reptiles ate grass.
- Physics
Earth’s lowly rumble
From rumbling volcanoes to grumbling elephants, scientists are eavesdropping on the lowest sounds on Earth.
- Plants
Nature’s Alphabet
Plants, animals, and other natural objects may bear patterns that resemble letters, numbers, and other figures.
- Animals
Mouse Songs
Male mice appear to string together chirpy, high-pitched noises to create songs.
- Brain
Reading Body Language
The emotion that your body shows may have a stronger effect than what your face says.
- Animals
Fishing for Giant Squid
An underwater camera has snapped the first pictures of a live giant squid.
- Animals
Sea lilies on the run
A video shows that sea animals known as stalked crinoids do more than just creep along.
- Animals
A Spider’s Taste for Blood
Certain jumping spiders prey on mosquitoes that have drawn blood from animals.
- Earth
Detecting an eerie sea glow
At night, glowing bacteria can give large areas of the sea a surreal milky color.
- Animals
Bee heat cooks invaders
Certain honeybees in Asia use their body heat to kill attacking wasps.
