In 2019, researchers discovered a tiny spider in the Peruvian Amazon rain forest that has a behavior that’s surprisingly similar to the Marvel superhero Spiderman.

Research shows that health models and emissions models join up if people were to consume less meat worldwide, by cutting from their diet 2-3 portions of meat per week.

Crows are always on the lookout for others to rob, and they alter their tactics depending upon whether their victim is related or not.

Scientists have known for some time that octopuses make use of shells and other objects they find to hide from predators.

Technology puts humans outside the constraints nature imposes on other predators and makes us superpredators. Using weapons, humans kill nine times as many large carnivores as any other species.

The scariest thing about cobras is that some species don’t even have to bite you to injure you. They can spit poison a distance of three feet, and they always aim for the eyes.

Doctors in Scotland recently came across a woman who has a gene mutation that makes everything from bumping into furniture to getting surgery totally painless.

North and South America were arranged in nearly the same positions as they are today as far back as 20 million years ago. A significant difference was that they were separated by a deep open channel called the Central American Seaway.

Proboscis monkeys from Borneo and cows have something in common: they both chew their cuds.

If you cut a grape in half and put the two halves in the microwave so that they’re touching each other, it will produce a glowing fireball.