Category: 7. SciTech

Sloths are unusual: they’re the slowest-moving mammals on the planet, have the slowest metabolisms too, and do not constantly regulate their body temperature.

Now, a new genetic study has uncovered clues to how these famously unhurried creatures evolved such an extreme low-energy lifestyle.

An…

Malaysian scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic fungus in Borneo’s jungles that preys on “zombie fungus” that are known to infect insects before subjecting them to a gruesome death.

The new species was collected during multiple field trips conducted by the University of…

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the gloom.

Their creamy carbonate walls and columns appear ghostly blue in the light of a remotely operated vehicle exploring them.

They range in height from tiny stacks the…