It's Saturday morning. You're trying to make pancakes when a small voice pipes up: "Can I help?" Your mind flashes forward to the...

When Trees Attack: Meet the Amazon's Living Grenade In the plant kingdom's roster of oddities, the Sandbox tree (Hura crepitans) reads...

When the Ocean Floor Catches Fire Imagine diving into crystal-clear tropical waters and spotting what looks like an underwater campfire...

In the damp, shadowy recesses of forests worldwide, a bizarre organism moves about—solving mazes, finding efficient routes, and...

The Glass of Water That Dinosaurs Drank Here's a mind-bending thought to start your day: the water in your morning coffee might have once...

The Great Goldfish Incident of Room 3B Last month, my daughter came home from kindergarten triumphant. She'd started the day with a...

The Phantom of the Canopy Imagine a creature so elusive that many people who live in its habitat their entire lives never see one....

The Invisible Orchestra Playing All Around Us Picture this: you're breathing air that's 78% nitrogen right now, yet you can't use a...

The Forest's Most Delicious Prankster Picture this: you're hiking through the woods when you spot what looks like someone stuffed a...

Imagine encountering a creature that looks like it swam straight out of the age of dinosaurs—complete with a serpentine body, primitive...