The Lesula, A Species of Monkey Discovered in 2007 in Congo
The discovery of the lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) in 2007 and its scientific description in 2012 remains a significant event in primatology. Since the...
Video: Man With World’s Deepest Voice Hits Notes That Only Elephants Can Hear
Video: Man With World’s Deepest Voice Hits Notes That Only Elephants Can Hear Tim Storms, an American singer, holds the Guinness World Record for the...
Poltergeist Activity: A Key Falls
I’m sitting eating dinner, reading consumer reports ( about what keeps people awake at night) at my kitchen table when the spare key to...
Mexican Doctors Removed a 26-Pound Child from 33-Pound Tumor
A Unique Medical Case: The 33-Pound Tumor of a Two-Year-Old In a striking yet concerning medical case, doctors in Mexico have removed a 33-pound (15-kilogram)...
Yes, the Easter Island Heads Have Bodies
The discovery that the Moai statues on Easter Island have bodies was made by archaeologists on Easter Island as early as 1914. However, this information...
Flying Plankton Escape Predatory Fish
This article is not about flying ocean plants. Plankton, a diverse group of organisms, comes in two main categories: phytoplankton and zooplankton. In a fascinating...
Fish With “Hands” Found to Be New Species
Using its fins to walk rather than swim along the ocean floor, the pink handfish is one of nine newly named species described in a...
Will Planetary Warming Make Horses Cat-Sized Again?
As the planet faces rising seas, killer storms, droughts, and extinctions, a new concern emerges: the potential for shrinking species. Research suggests that climate change...
DRACO, a Promising Broad-Spectrum Anti-Viral Therapy
What Became of DRACO? What became of the promising antiviral drug named DRACO (Double-stranded RNA Activated Caspase Oligomerizer)? It was said to be poised to...
Mysterious Tourette’s Syndrome Outbreak in US School Still A Mystery
In early 2012, the small town of LeRoy, New York, became the center of a perplexing medical phenomenon when a group of students at...