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22/02/2023

You may be able to tell when your furry BFF is thrilled to see you, but your dog probably knows even more about you and other people than you do about them. Not only do dogs have innate instincts to protect their humans, but a 2015 study published in the journal Animal Cognition suggests that pups can even tell if a person is untrustworthy based on their behavior.

22/02/2023

The pressure of the deep sea is so intense that it would crush the bodies of any critter not equipped to withstand it. That's why Hirondellea gigas—a small, shrimp-like amphipod—adapted to form a layer of aluminum hydroxide gel to cover its exoskeleton, acting as a kind of pressure-resistant armor, according to 2019 research published in the journal PLoS One.

17/02/2023

If you're ever out at night and happen to see a hazy halo of light circling the moon, you can tell anyone you're with that you've spotted a broch, which is a Scottish word used for the weather-related phenomenon—often regarded as an omen of bad weather.

17/02/2023

The right magnets can exert a force powerful enough to crush bone. However, all it takes is a little heat to render them useless. While cold makes magnets stronger, extreme temperatures can significantly reduce their magnetism, according to Sciencing.

13/02/2023

The pterosaurs—comparable in size to your average giraffe—had a wingspan of 35 feet and could fly for thousands of miles, according to National Geographic. "Instead of taking off with their legs alone, like birds, pterosaurs probably took off using all four of their limbs," paleontologist Michael Habib told The Telegraph. He says that using their strong arms as "the main engines for launching instead of their legs may explain how pterosaurs became so much larger than any other flying animals known."

12/02/2023

Sloth Trivia | 40 facts about the cute animal

Sloths are a group of arboreal Neotropical xenarthran mammals, constituting the suborder Folivora.

12/02/2023

Cows and bison may not be the most common mates in the animal kingdom, but as a result of a failed crossbreeding experiment, the "beefalo" was born. And, according to the BBC, the hybrid beast caused trouble in the Grand Canyon, depleting the area's watering wholes and food sources.

12/02/2023

When astronaut Stuart Roosa, a former U.S. Forest Service smoke jumper, orbited above the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971, he brought with him hundreds of seeds from five different kinds of trees: loblolly pine, sycamore, sweetgum, redwood, and Douglas fir.

When he returned to Earth, the seeds were planted throughout the U.S. and around the world in order to grow into what were affectionately deemed "Moon Trees." If you're interested in seeing one in person, you can find a list of the trees as well as their locations on NASA's website.

09/02/2023

There are an estimated 22,000 to 31,000 polar bears around the world, according to the World Wildlife Fund. And while you can find the beasts in a range of regions in the Arctic circle, including Greenland, Norway, Russia, and Alaska, the majority of them—around 60 to 80 percent—call Canada home.