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Egg Producers Pledge More Humane Fate for Male Chicks
Better technology could make “maceration” go the way of the dodo
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Grand Canyon Turns Down Its Lights to Become a Dark Sky Park
Star gazers, rejoice—the skies above the Grand Canyon will never lose their sparkle
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Extremeophile Worms Discovered Living in Toxic Colorado Cave
Sulphur Cave in Steamboat Springs is home to a new species of blood-red worm capable of living in a cave full of hydrogen sulfide
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Here’s How the Pacific NW Is Preparing for “The Big One”
It’s the mother of all disaster drills for what could be the worst disaster in American history
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This Tropical Fish Can Be Taught to Recognize Human Faces
New study trained fish to spit at human faces
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Researchers Discover World’s Tallest Known Tropical Tree in Sabah’s “Lost World”
A 293.6-foot endangered yellow meranti tree on the island of Borneo was discovered by scanning its forests
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Bison Fossils Offer Clues to Track Human Migration Into the Americas
DNA analysis of bison fossils show that people likely migrated down the Pacific coast and not through the Rocky Mountains
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The Marshall Islands Are Becoming Less Nuclear
A new study finds that the abandoned nuclear test sites aren’t much more radioactive than Central Park
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Turkey Sunk an Airplane to Turn It Into a Reef
An Airbus jumbo jet will soon become home to all sorts of sea life
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Baby Fish Prefer Plastic Over Natural Food
Larval perch gorge themselves on microplastics, which seems to be stunting growth and affecting natural instincts
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X-Rays Reveal “Hidden Library” on the Spines of Early Books
Researchers are uncovering fragments of medieval texts used in early book binding
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A Rare Blind Salamander’s Eggs Are Finally Hatching
Biologists have waited with bated breath for months
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This “Lost Underwater City” Was Actually Made by Microbes
Though these formations may not be evidence of a lost city, they show off some intriguing chemistry
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Ruff News: Man’s Best Friend May Have Been Domesticated Twice
Where did Fido come from? It’s complicated
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King Tut’s Dagger Was Made From a Meteorite
X-ray spectroscopy lays a decades-long metal mystery to rest
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The U.S. Just Announced an Unprecedented Ban on African Ivory
Will tighter rules help reduce global demand?
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Thailand’s Controversial “Temple Tigers” Are Finally Free
Thai officials found nearly 140 captive tigers as well as 40 dead cubs kept in freezers at the self-proclaimed sanctuary
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New Evidence Shows Peppered Moths Changed Color in Sync With the Industrial Revolution
Scientists used “jumping genes” as a time machine to track down changes in moths’ appearance
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Vladimir Nabokov’s Butterfly Drawings Take Flight in This New Book
A little-known fact: The author of “Lolita” was also an avid lepidopterist
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Are the Fancy New Curling Brooms Fair? Robots and Lasers Will Help Figure It Out
So-called “Frankenbrooms” are causing tension amongst the world’s curlers
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