A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.
The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...
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What's in and out for 2026

And there you have it. Another year, done and dusted, and I would say for many of us: Thank God. It’s too much pressure, existing in a year that is, numerically, the quarter marker of a century, and ...
Playing dead isn't the ultimate ghosting technique. Frogs use "tonic immobility" as a strategy to stay alive during mating ...
The clawed creature — named for its elongated forehead and flat skulls — was even labeled “possibly extinct” within Thailand, ...
A decades-old mix-up in a museum collection led scientists to mistakenly identify a Peruvian poison frog as a new species.
But the lion’s mane jelly isn’t just a certified Long Boi; according to Guinness World Records, it’s also the heaviest ...
This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.
“Bugonia” refers to the ancient Greek belief that bees could spawn spontaneously from dead cow carcasses, and that cow dung was beneficial to the hive. It’s a myth, of course, but that didn’t stop ...
The story of R.E. Burke being detained in the USA topped the Top 100 Most-Read Stories On Bleeding Cool In 2025 list ...
For a man who claimed he couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket, Stanisław Lem’s writings contain remarkable musical visions – and ...