August 9, 2026
Why Axolotls Can Regrow Almost Anything (Except Home)
In Aztec legend, the god Xolotl was so afraid of being sacrificed to keep the
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The Bird That Remembers 10,000 Hiding Spots
In late summer, a gray-and-black bird with a dagger of a beak starts flying laps
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The Elephant Who Wouldn’t Let Her Friend Die Alone
On October 10, 2003, in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve, an old matriarch named Eleanor swayed,
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Meet the Only Animal to Survive the Vacuum of Space
In September 2007, a Swedish biologist named Ingemar Jönsson sent about 3,000 microscopic animals into
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Meet the Shark That’s Older Than the United States
Somewhere in the black, near-freezing water off Greenland, there is a shark alive today that
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The Shrimp Whose Punch Out-Accelerates a Bullet
In 1998, keepers at the Sea Life Centre in Norfolk, England, kept finding cracks in
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The Jellyfish That Ages Backwards — and Never Technically Dies
In the summer of 1988, a German biology student named Christian Sommer was scooping up
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Why Octopuses Have Three Hearts and Bright Blue Blood
Watch an octopus jet away from a predator and you’re watching something that sounds like
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Why Sea Otters Hold Hands While They Sleep
Sea otters hold hands so they don't drift apart while sleeping. They also wrap their pups in kelp like a seatbelt. All documented.
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Why Is Wombat Poop Cube-Shaped? Science Finally Figured It Out
The wombat is the only animal that poops cubes. Scientists finally found the intestinal trick — and won a prize for it.
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