Here's What Would Happen If Ticks Went Extinct
As many venture out onto winding nature trails and clamber into hayrides for seasonal thrills, one of the few things that could put a damper on it is parasites.
Read MoreAs many venture out onto winding nature trails and clamber into hayrides for seasonal thrills, one of the few things that could put a damper on it is parasites.
Read MoreOur understanding of the evolution of mammals, after the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, has itself evolved over time.
Read MoreYou have to wonder: With their slowness, and alleged chronic health and survival issues, how do sloths stay healthy? Despite hardly moving at all?
Read MoreOctopuses are fascinating creatures that are incredibly intelligent. According to scientists, they have 130 million neurons, most located in their eight arms.
Read MoreDeath Valley previously held this record but new evidence has emerged proving there's a lot more bubbling on Earth's surface than we originally projected.
Read MoreIn 2019, the first record of the Asian giant hornet in the United States was found in Washington state, as well as nearby Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Read MoreNASA decided to pay tribute to the great astronomer, Galileo Galilei, by naming one of its spacecraft after him.
Read MoreScientists know that the Milky Way is a spiral-shaped galaxy, and in the arm of one of these spirals, lies a "break" that was discovered in August 2021.
Read MoreAstronomer and author Neil deGrasse Tyson is on the record as saying humans will probably never go to Mars -- except when he says they will.
Read MoreBeyond Saturn's rings and the craters of the moon, no feature in our solar system is as widely recognized as Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
Read MoreAccording to the World Health Organization, there are over 3,000 species of snakes in the world, but only 600 of them are venomous.
Read MoreAs each half of the brain has a greater specialty than the other, disconnecting them can lead the now independent organs to perceive the world very differently.
Read MoreHailing from the rainforests of Central and South America, the poison dart frog is a colorful amphibian that mostly lives on the forest floor.
Read MoreIn recent months, paleontologists have unearthed not one, not two, but three new dinosaur species, and one was the largest to ever walk the Earth.
Read MoreThis might sound hard to believe, but every day, you get up and walk around on a giant magnet that is both spinning and rotating.
Read MoreThe 700-square-mile island is a refuge-from-humanity for flora and fauna, particularly one of Earth's last living, actual pseudo-dinosaurs, the Komodo Dragon.
Read MoreLet's talk about deadly cats - all of them, from disease carrying stray house cats to Bengal tigers. These are the deadliest cats in the world.
Read MoreSeventy-three seconds after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger was engulfed in flames. Seven astronauts were on board; none of them survived.
Read MoreWhile the first Pegomastax fossils were discovered in an African dig during the 1960s, no one truly appreciated what the find represented.
Read MoreDifferent poisons kill in different ways, so let's look at some of the deadliest poisons humankind has ever discovered or created.
Read MoreElon Musk has been criticized for wanting to go to the stars, but it's not escape that the billionaire is after. Here's why he really wants to go to space.
Read MoreMushrooms can be complete a great meal, or they can kill you. Here are the deadliest mushrooms in the world.
Read MoreThe Earth's surface is over 70% water, but the National Ocean Service states that more than 80% of the sea remains unexplored.
Read MoreThe allure of the great animals of Africa is exciting. But don't get too close, since many of these animals are quite dangerous.
Read MoreOne of humanity's greatest achievements in the 20th century was the Apollo program, which put a dozen men on the moon and returned them back home to Earth.
Read MoreHummingbirds might be small, but they're kind of the badasses of the bird world when it comes to flying tricks. But why do some females look like males?
Read MoreIf you're a romance novelist, you can hang up your velvet pen and your 50 shades of provocative synonyms right now — you're being replaced.
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