The Mona Lisa goes to space
Not really, just a copy of her. NASA is experimenting with laser communication to space, which, once mastered, will be a more reliable way of communicating across larger distances throughout […]
Frightening changes for elephants’ population dynamics
In storied reserves like Kenya’s Amboseli National Park or South Africa’s Kruger National Park, elephant populations have been studied for decades. But reserves Samburu and Buffalo Springs in Kenya are just […]
Cornell puts together one impressive library
A warning to biology nerds everywhere: Prepare for all your work ethic today to evaporate. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has put together the Macaulay Library, an exhaustive collection of […]
More on the mysterious puppeteer spider
Remember this crazy decoy-building spider? Of course you do, you couldn’t forget something so awesome. Turns out that Destin, the guy behind the Smarter Every Day video series, was on […]
Blind sea lion pup gets a new home at the Shedd
Twenty-month-old Cruz can’t see, so he’ll need to rely on the staff at the Shedd Aquarium to be his eyes. The pup was just introduced at the aquarium this week […]
An au naturale breeding program
Zoologists at the San Diego Zoo and the Audubon Nature Institute will be leaving love up to the birds and the bees. The two organizations are coming together on a […]
Endangered species caught on video
Spoon-bill sandpiper is a hard animal to spot in the wild. That’s because in its native eastern Russia there are only 100 breeding pairs left. Post-breeding is an even harder […]
A rare look at the giant squid
Despite their size, giant squid aren’t easily caught on camera. The creatures live in the darkest depths of the ocean and have remained largely elusive to scientists. That was before […]
That’s no moon. That’s a space station…
…is what more than 25,000 petition-signers hoped alien life forms visiting the area might one day utter. Because yes, more than 25,000 people petitioned the White House to have the […]
Hotter days ahead
According for the National Climate Assessment, we’re in big trouble. Their newest report is out, and we can expect temperatures across the country to rise two to four degrees over […]
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