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Volvo XC60 crashes into a 793-pound moose dummy
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (228+ words) Published Jun 18, 2026 12: 31 PM EDT Though roadside encounters with moose are a concern in parts of the northern U. S. , they are far more common in Sweden, Volvo's home country. To put that in perspective, moose population density is about 3. 5 times greater in…...
How blue whales became Earth's largest creature'ever
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1109+ words) Published Jun 14, 2026 7: 46 AM EDT Think of the largest elephant you can. Now multiply that by 30. That's the size of a blue whale, the largest animal to exist, ever. The ocean-going mammals weigh up to 330, 000 pounds and can stretch over 100 feet,…...
745-mile whale graveyard found at the bottom of Indian Ocean
1+ week, 1+ day ago (538+ words) Published Jun 10, 2026 11: 00 AM EDT The ocean floor is covered with dead whales'but it is everything but a biohazard. When a whale dies, its body sinks to the ocean floor in a process called whale fall. The carcass then becomes its…...
Velociraptor's cousin flew like a flying squirrel
2+ week, 1+ min ago (262+ words) Published Jun 4, 2026 1: 39 PM EDT Experts now have a plausible suspect. According to a study published today in the Annals of Carnegie Museum, a cousin of the fearsome Velociraptor stalked the Changma Basin around 120 million years ago. But with its long…...
World's biggest scorpions were the size of baseball bats
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (438+ words) Published Jun 4, 2026 9: 27 AM EDT Giant scorpions the size of a baseball bat with pincers the size of a pencil once stalked what is now England and Wales. Praearcturus gigas is believed to be the largest scorpion to ever roam the…...
Georgia is battling invasive, 4-foot-long lizards
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (359+ words) Popular Science Get the Popular Science daily newsletter" Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Wildlife experts in Georgia are urging locals to keep on the lookout for any four-foot-long lizards wandering around the Peach State. As…...
A "mystery beetle" is devouring North Carolina"s precious blueberries
2+ week, 1+ day ago (360+ words) Published Jun 3, 2026 11: 14 AM EDT North Carolina's blueberries may have a beetle problem. For the first time, scientists in the Tarheel State have documented the presence of Prionus imbricornus eating blueberry bushes. This longhorn beetle and its larvae can chomp their…...
Big wings and sweet songs: The mating lives of Panama's katydids
2+ week, 1+ day ago (307+ words) Published Jun 2, 2026 8: 05 PM EDT When it comes to reproduction, animals will pull out all the stops to attract a mate. Sending out noisy mating calls, showing off colorful wings, inflating a throat pouch, and shaking a literal tailfeather all ensure…...
Orangutan poop holds surprising clues about how long they breastfeed
2+ week, 1+ day ago (229+ words) Published Jun 2, 2026 11: 04 AM EDT "Orangutans have a slow life history with one of the longest interbirth intervals and the lowest reported infant mortality rates among primates or even mammals," the team wrote in the study. "Breastfeeding is a key factor…...
Baby raccoon found in chimney gets a nice bubble bath
2+ week, 3+ day ago (368+ words) Published Jun 1, 2026 9: 00 AM EDT Raccoons get into all sorts of shenanigans. Last summer, we reported on a juvenile raccoon which, with his head stuck in a peanut butter jar, as if he were a character in a Looney Toons cartoon....