The fish that makes long and short-range water missiles

The archerfish’s water arrows are powerful enough to dislodge insects from leaves and branches – now physics has revealed just how impressive the missiles really are.

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Death Valley Is Covered In Flowers

It's a desert, it's a garden, it's...a superbloom! By Mary Beth Griggs.

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Martian cartography: How Ordnance Survey mapped Mars

It’s been Britain’s best-loved mapping agency for years, providing navigation tools for organisations and stubborn dads finally pulling U-turns across the country. Now, Ordnance Survey (OS) has taken its next giant leap for mapkind, creating a digital recreation of Mars that could have potential applications for future space missions.

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Now in 3D! Microscope offers new way to view live cancer cells

In what could transform the study of cells’ interactions with their environment, researchers have invented a microscope that can look at live cancer cells in 3D, with high resolution in every direction.

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Jon Hamm Rescues Small Birds, and You Can Too

Here are the do’s and don’ts of escorting trapped birds outdoors.

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Scientists terrify raccoons to reveal inner workings of ecosystems

Raccoons may be adorable, but they have earned the nickname "trash pandas" for a reason. In cities, they'll knock over garbage bins to find food. In the wild, they take the same scorched-Earth approach to all the local wildlife they can fit in their mouths, wrecking ecosystems. Now, a group of scientists has figured out one way to stop them.

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Cockfighting Roosters: Rescued Birds Going to Rehabilitation and PTSD Treatment

While cockfighting roosters in the past were often euthanized after being rescued, because they seemed incurably aggressive, a Vermont-based sanctuary has combined psychological training with knowledge of roosters to treat PTSD and other factors. The method is now used in sanctuaries around the U.S.

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