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Boonchai Wedmakawand/Getty Images Why This College Kid Sacrificed Himself to a Massive Swarm of Mosquitoes
Understanding what even attracts mosquitoes the first place could finally tilt the odds in our favor.
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Mark Metcalfe/Stringer/Getty Images Scientists Just Found Out the Platypus Is Even Weirder Than We Thought
The more we learn about the platypus, the more it seems like it’s the product of Mother Nature going through a weird experimental phase.
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By Wildestanimal/Getty Images Sharks in the Bahamas Are Full of Cocaine, Caffeine, and Painkillers
Species affected included nurse sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, and a juvenile lemon shark.
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Dr. Manfred Schartl/Texas A&M This Fish Can Clone Itself Without Any Weird Clone Defects
These fish have solved the evolutionary problem scientists assumed would wipe them out in the most science fiction way possible.
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Photo: Nils Jacobi / Getty Images Scientists Just Found a New Reason Cats Always Land on Their Feet
Which sounds about right, given everything we’ve seen about cats.
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Mint Images/Getty Images Are America’s Insects Dying Off?
Scientists are having a really hard time determining which insects in North America are at risk of extinction.
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The Conversation Marsupial Found Alive After Being Thought Dead for 6,000 Years
The latest animal to rise from the not-so-dead is the Lazarus taxa. Researchers re-added its name to the list of creatures that are still alive.
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Dario Argenti/Getty Images Cockroaches Become Cannibals When They Fall in Cockroach Love
Wood-feeding cockroaches put their own twist on courtship: they consummate their monogamous relationship by eating each other’s wings.
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Vicki Jauron/Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images Are Orcas Cannibalizing Each Other? Chewed Up Fins Are Washing Ashore.
Scientists say the grisly finds could point to scavenging, infighting, or something even darker in the ocean food chain.
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Kevin Schafer/Getty Images Rich People Are Spending a Fortune to Buy Museum Dinosaur Bones
A dinosaur named Trey is now headed to the auction block, where his bones will fetch upwards of $5.5 million.
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Mar Escrig/Getty Images 20 Camels Disqualified From Beauty Contest in ‘Hump Inflation’ Scandal
I really never thought I’d live in a lifetime where camels are getting Botox to win beauty pageants, but here we are.
