A new frog species in Ecuador is loud, common and everywhere, yet it carried a name belonging to a different frog. A jar in London finally broke the mix-up.
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The Peat Fires Under Indonesia Won’t Stop Until It Rains
Indonesia’s peat fires burn underground for months, and satellites can barely see them. The reason they can burn at all was decided almost thirty years ago.
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Saturn’s Decagon: A 10-Sided Shape That Wasn’t There Before
The Saturn decagon is a giant 10-sided wave over the planet’s south pole. Astronomers hunted it since 1990 and found nothing — until it formed on its own.
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Puerto Rico Drought: Half the Water Never Arrives
Puerto Rico drought now covers three quarters of the island, but the number that explains the empty taps is not rainfall: nearly half the water leaks away.
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Elephant Butte Reservoir Hit 1.4% — Then Stopped Falling
Elephant Butte Reservoir fell to 1.4% full, its lowest since 1971. Not a record low — and it quietly stopped falling the week farm releases were shut off.
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Why Bats Don’t Get Sick: They Carry Two Antibody Systems
Why bats don’t get sick from viruses that harm people: scientists found a second set of antibody genes no other mammal has. Here is what it actually does.
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Beefalo DNA: Most Have No Bison Ancestry at All
A genome study of 47 registered animals found most beefalo DNA holds no bison ancestry at all, plus a second surprise the researchers were not looking for.
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Do Pets Go to Heaven? What the Bible Actually Says
Do pets go to heaven? The Bible never says outright — but in Genesis 9 God makes an everlasting covenant with the animals by name, four separate times.
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1.4-Million-Year-Old Footprints in Kenya: No One Walked Alone
Eight sets of 1.4-million-year-old footprints sat in Kenyan mud since before our species existed. What survived was not a face — it was who they were with.
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Hidden Earthquakes in Antarctica: Why Nobody Heard Them
Scientists found 362 hidden earthquakes in Antarctica that no catalogue had. They were never quiet — the world was simply listening on the wrong frequency.