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Seals Can Make Big Dives Thanks to Their Big Hearts
SEALS AND SEA LIONS, WHICH ARE SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMALS, CAN HOLD THEIR BREATHS UNDERWATER FOR ESPECIALLY LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
Wild Ones
WHAT FACTORS DRIVE PEOPLE TO BUY MONKEYS, TIGERS, AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS?
Dog Rescue Saves Lives
THE ARGUMENT FOR ADOPTING A NO-KILL GOAL
Is it possible to die of boredom?
To figure out if we can die of boredom, we first have to understand what boredom is. For help, we called James Danckert, a psychologist who studies boredom at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
SO, WHAT IS A PRIMATE?
What do you have in common with the aye-aye, sifaka, siamang, and potto? If you said your collarbone, you re probably a primatologist—a person who studies primates. If you’re not, read on.
THE LEFT OVERS
A lot has happened for modern humans to get to this point. We lost most of our hair, learned how to make tools, established civilizations, sent a person to the Moon, and invented artificial intelligence. Whew! With all of these changes, our bodies have changed, too. It’s only taken us about six million years.
SERGE WICH
Serge Wich’s favorite days at work are spent out in the forest, studying orangutans in Sumatra and Borneo or chimpanzees in Tanzania.
Dr. Ape Will See You Now
HUMANS AREN’T THE ONLY PRIMATES THAT USE MEDICATION.
Guardians of the Forest
EARLY, MAKESHIFT WILDLIFE DRONES HELPED TO DETECT AND PROTECT ORANGUTANS.
THE PROBLEM WITH PALM OIL
Palm oil is all around you. It’s in sugary snacks like cookies and candy bars. It’s in lipstick and shampoo and pet food.
ELODIE FREYMANN
When you’re feeling sick, it probably doesn’t occur to you to try eating tree bark.
APE ANTICS
The Whirling World of primate play
Who's Your Cousin?
The great apes are among the most popular animals in most zoos. Their actions, facial expressions, and family life remind us so much of ourselves. Have you ever wondered, though, how we might look to them?
JUSTIN DARNALL
AEROSPACE ENGINEER
THE POWER OF TIDES
THE PUSH AND PULL OF MOONS WITH THEIR HOST PLANETS
WHO OWNS THE MOON?
INDIA LANDED AN UNCREWED SPACECRAFT ON THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUGUST 2023. Japan just reached the Moon for the first time with a robotic spacecraft in January. And in 2026, the United States is set to land astronauts on the Moon for the first time in more than half a century with its Artemis III mission.
Ready, Set, Eclipse!
AN OBSERVER'S GUIDE TO THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL 8, 2024
The Truth About Pluto
THEN ONE DAY IT WASN'T A PLANET. THE END.
New Moons of Saturn
A NEW DISCOVERY IS CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THE MOONS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
INVESTIGATING ICY MOONS
The Search for Hidden Oceans-and Extra-Terrestrial Life
To the Moon-and Beyond!
NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAM IS SET TO RETURN HUMANS TO THE MOON AFTER MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.
EDWARD ASHTON
ASTRONOMER
(Don't) Fly Me to the Moon
WAS IT A CONSPIRACY? NOPE. BUT NO-MOONIES ARE SKEPTICAL ANYWAY.
A Six-Planet Solar System in Perfect Synchrony Has Been Found in the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago.
Are plants aware of themselves?
Sure, scientists noticed one of my special skills. But most people are still overlooking my epic poetry.
SUSTAINABLE AVIATION EXPERT
REDUCING AIRPLANES' CARBON EMISSIONS
Two Brothers From Ohio
Most people do not realize that the Wright brothers—Wilbur, born in 1867, and Orville, born in 1871—performed various scientific experiments before inventing their aircraft. For as long as anyone in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio, could remember, the Wright boys had worked on mechanical projects.
THE TROUBLE WITH TRANSPORTERS
Quantum teleportation has been achieved. But can it work for people?
THE FORMULA FOR FLYING
Want to fly? Then you must balance these four forces.
THE IDEA MEN
People dreamed of flying thousands of years before the Wright brothers found success near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. These dreamers, such as Leonardo da Vinci, studied birds flying and imagined how humans might do the same—if only they had wings. Other men developed a more hands-on approach to the topic. Early inventors made wings of cloth, glue, and feathers and tied these creations to their arms in an attempt to imitate nature.