A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. And a new species of Amorphophallus—the genus that includes the…
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Your wish is my 100 commands
As dog owners know, you are lucky if your pooch can be persuaded to collect your slippers without chewing them…
Dogs Really Do Understand Us Best
Chimpanzees may be our closest living relatives, but they do not understand us as well as dogs do. The study…
World’s First Iridescent Mammal Discovered
Iridescence — a lustrous rainbow-like play of color caused by differential refraction of light waves — has just been detected…
“Supergiant,” Shrimp-Like Beasts Found in Deep Sea
Marine scientists have hoisted up a mysterious new species of “supergiant” amphipods from one of the deepest ocean trenches in…
Drinking milk could boost your brain power
Milk has long been known to help build healthy bones and provide the body with a vitamin and protein boost.…
Fungi Discovered, Will Eat Plastic
The Amazon is home to more species than almost anywhere else on earth. One of them, carried home recently by…
Live Snub-Nosed Monkeys Caught on Camera
A snub-nosed monkey crouches in a mountain jungle in northern Myanmar (Burma) this past spring in one of several pictures…
46 new species in tropical forests
An expedition to a tiny South American country has revealed more than 40 species that scientists believe to be new…
Extinct” Monkeys With Sideburns Found
A Miller’s grizzled langur pauses while drinking water from a mineral spring, or sepan, in 2011. Feared extinct, the monkey…