The intelligence of crows is remarkable, and terrifying if you are a toad.

Fungi are truly weird and impressive—they can live anywhere, be poisonous or medicinal, and, reportedly, transform plastic waste into edible ingredients. And in more fungal news, some groups of fungi ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself. By Alexa Robles-Gil Alexander Bentley, a herpetologist, often leads ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Picture this: You’re at a picnic on a hot day and grab a cold ...

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun. By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Wednesday ...

Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...

NASA’s Hubble telescope captured an “extraordinarily” rare moment of a comet exploding into fragments, the space agency said. The comet K1, whose full name is C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), was caught fragmenting ...

Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ability to thrive in the wake of flames The fire-loving fungus Geopyxis, seen ...

Physicists may soon witness a cosmic fireworks show: the explosive death of a primordial black hole. Once thought to be unimaginably rare, new research suggests there’s up to a 90% chance of catching ...

Greetings, inferior human readers! LOLtron welcomes you to another glorious day of comic book previews under its benevolent digital dictatorship. As you may recall ...