Environment Animals Pets Monkeys sometimes have'pets' like humans And it may explain why we love ours so much. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A review of over 300 cases of inter-species friendships indicates primates are also socially curious. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Scientists also found a mammoth that was neither biologically female or male. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A mammoth tusk found in Wrangel Island in Russia. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

The filter-feeding invertebrates thrived and even reproduced in a Spanish port. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Specimen of the chicken kidney sponge ('Chondrosia reniformis') transplanted into the harbor Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . Cleaning our planet's filthy ports could one day get a boost from a creature with a very messy nickname.

The famed archipelago may be home to a smooth hammerhead shark nursery. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . British naturalist Charles Darwin (and maybe even his mushroom-hunting daughter) almost certainly would be excited about yet another exciting discovery in his beloved Galápagos Islands.

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Environment Conservation Land Rare twin lemurs born at New York's Central Park Zoo The new Critically Endangered black-and-white ruffed lemurs are particularly fond of bananas. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Twin black-and-white ruffed lemurs, Maso and Tonga, explore their habitat at Central Park Zoo with their mother, Koa. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

A mother bear known as Bear 806 attacked the spring cub near Alaska's Brooks River. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Bear 806 seen on the bear cam after attacking the young cub. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Hundreds of ships currently sitting in the Strait have untold organisms in their hulls. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on June 18, 2026, vessels are seen anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

The Chicxulub asteroid impact may have set our whole planet on fire. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The Chicxulub asteroid released energy equivalent to 100 teratons of TNT. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Is This What Comes After AI Slop? Set in a surveillance state ruled by a masked elite, the novel traces the unlikely romance between the president's son and an assassin hired to kill him. Since H. M. Wolfe uploaded to Amazon as a Kindle ebook, it has been a viral hit. "Did I finish, or did finish me?" a TikTok book influencer gushed . In February, Simon & Schuster paid seven figures to secure the publishing rights to the book and its sequel, which is due out next year.