In the late 19th century, a small group of cattle was left behind on Amsterdam Island, a remote spot in the subantarctic region. Against the odds, the herd survived and adapted to the island’s ...

It looks like something straight out of a sci-fi movie: a massive metal robot with three claw-like front limbs, tearing through the earth like a wild bulldozer. This isn’t science fiction ...

The world’s biggest sleepers Let’s start with the sleepiest animals on the planet: the koala, the bat, and the giant armadillo.While lions and tigers are often considered big sleepers, they ...

Physical differences between toads and frogs One of the most obvious differences lies in their skin. Toads have dry, thick skin covered in warts, but it still feels soft.Frogs, however, have moist ...

A more recent and scientifically verified record was measured by a MetOcean buoy, which tracks oceanographic data.The tallest ocean wave ever officially recorded in the Southern Hemisphere reached ...

For months, astronomers were concerned that a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, could collide with Earth in 2032. But thanks to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), we now know ...

Once, back in the 1940s, this glacier was called “the largest glacier at these latitudes.”It was named after a naturalist and explorer who, at the turn of the 19th century, had already ...

A Supernova explosion: nothing to worry about But this won’t happen for another 23 billion years.Rather than a single supernova, as we usually think of it, four distinct explosions will occur ...

At the time, Perseverance was about a kilometer away from the event, sitting on the edge of the Jezero Crater. The largest of the two dust devils measured around 65 meters wide, while the smaller ...

The smell of death is almost universally ranked among the worst. Some scientists have experienced it under truly awful conditions. One recalls, with disgust, the stench inside a small, overheated ...

Corn is a tropical annual grass grown for its starchy kernels and commonly used as livestock feed. It’s the most widely cultivated cereal crop in the world. • GMOs might help eliminate hunger.

Hormonal changes and the end of the female cycle As a woman gets older, the number and quality of her egg cells decline, making later pregnancies more challenging and sometimes riskier. Around age ...