The world's only known signing lemur needs to make calls that can travel through the thick rainforest. 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. How the points of the mouth are tracked during singing. With piercing, emergency siren-like calls, the indri () is the world's only known singing lemur. The primates found in Madagascar's rainforest swing through the trees, making these sounds that contain a surprisingly human element.

Voting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29. 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 #32 Chunk, the 2025 Fat Bear Week champion (right) and Bear #164 Bucky Dent (left) fishing for salmon. The official Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket has landed, and this year's competition will see 16 adult brown bears () in Alaska go head-to-head in the bracket-style online competition. In addition to being digital competitors in this online tournament, Bear #151 and Bear #903 have proven to be real-life competitors, often going after the same salmon.

Environment Animals Wildlife Birds Bamboo skewer safely removed from a bird's cloaca in New York The great black-backed gull was eventually reunited with her chicks. 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 bamboo skewer was removed very slowly and very carefully. Take a closer look at this great black-backed gull () and you'll soon notice something that does not belong there. The female bird has a bamboo skewer lodged in her cloaca, the rear openings birds use to excrete and reproduce.

After coming back from the brink of extinction in the 1980s, the birds are still considered critically endangered. 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 young California condor chick is receiving care in a specialized puppet-rearing program. 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 .

Science Space Deep Space Space Telescope NASA's Hubble pops in on a'superbubble' N44 is a baby star nursery only 160,000 light-years away. 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 . At a spry 36-years-young, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope just keeps on going .

A two-toned lobster like Ethel is 1 in 50 million, while a blue one like Gertrude is 1 in 2 million. 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. Ethel the split-colored lobster (left) and Gertrude the blue (right) were donated to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. 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 .

Environment Animals Wildlife Bears Japan's continuing bear problems can't be solved by culling alone Roughly 14,000 bears killed during the last fiscal year, but more humane measures are also effective. 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. Conservationists are promoting strategies like tagging and tracking bears instead of simply killing them.C 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 . Japan's bears are still causing problems.

A'pillar of gut' is the key. 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. An embryo of a Cape house snake (Boaedon capensis), one of the more than 900 specimens that were part of the study on snake coiling. 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 .

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. Researchers spotted a total of 11 whale sharks during an aerial survey over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on August 16, 2026. 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 . When most people gaze out of an airplane window, they admire the fluffy clouds slowly floating past them.

The central U.S. should be a particular hot spot for birds heading south. 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 migratory birds were seen currently gathering for their journey to the southern wintering grounds in Germany on October 10, 2020. 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 .