3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (644+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 10:00 AM EDT True to its name, Iran’s spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) has a rather novel strategy. It uses a tail that looks like a spider to lure birds trying to eat the decoy spider. When the time…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (231+ words) Published Sep 8, 2026 4:30 PM EDT As the National Park Service (NPS) continues highlighting the many roles of its parks during World War II, the western most landmass in the contiguous United States is getting its due: Olympic National Park. The many…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (370+ words) Published Aug 31, 2026 12:11 PM EDT Animals sometimes get stuck in the strangest (and most terrible) of places. From a peanut butter jar to a car’s front grill, wildlife experts have certainly seen it all. But when Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (403+ words) Published Aug 31, 2026 11:00 AM EDT “There is a touch of mystery to spirals,” explained University of British Columbia zoologist Alexandra Weber. “We are only beginning to understand how these shapes are produced in animals, such as our looping intestine, snail shells,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (127+ words) Published Aug 21, 2026 11:14 AM EDT For those of you wondering if more intimate nighttime activities are also taking place, Patel explains that raccoons don’t become sexually mature until they’re around 10 months old. By then,they will be returned to the wild....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1770+ words) Published Aug 21, 2026 9:00 AM EDT Picture this: You’re roaming Yellowstone National Park as the ground begins to rumble, pressure builds, and then…KA-BOOM! Goodbye to Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. The last Yellowstone explosion happened 661,000 years ago, but could it happen again?...