Quirks and Quarks

Gold miners working in the Yukon regularly find ancient ground squirrel burrows throughout... more

150 years ago, Charles Darwin noticed that birds and humans were both drawn to bright plum... more

The newly described Tylosaurus rex was a violent bus-sized Komodo dragon-like creature wit... more

Scientists recorded audio and video of 8 different kinds of rockfish living in the wild ne... more

In a study inspired by a field of dandelions, researchers wanted to know why, when you blo... more

On the morning of August 10, 2025, a landslide in a fjord along the southern Alaskan coast... more

Cocaine and many other chemicals and drugs are found in many waterways, but especially aro... more

IDEAS, hosted by Nahlah Ayed is a weekday podcast that explores how ideas shape our world.... more

Seabird poop plays a surprising role in bringing life to barren islands, spreading nutrien... more

We tend to think of animals like snakes, rats and even cockroaches as pests, but in her ne... more

There's been a growing movement to develop new technologies to replace at least some of th... more

On their mission around the moon, Jeremy Hansen and his crewmates will become the only fou... more