Thank you!

We have emailed you a PDF version of the article you requested.

Can't find the email?

Please check your spam or junk folder

IFLScience Home
IFLScience logo

Complete the form below to listen to the audio version of this article

You can unsubscribe at any time. View ourprivacy policy and terms below.

IFLScience needs the contact information you provide to us to contact you about our products and services. You may unsubscribe from these communications at any time.

For information on how to unsubscribe, as well as our privacy practices and commitment to protecting your privacy, check out ourPrivacy Policy

Ad

Nature

latest-icon

Latest

link to article

Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year BreakOrca wearing a salmon as a hat

link to article

Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year BreakOrca wearing a salmon as a hat
nature-iconanimals

Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year Break

clock-iconNovember 27, 2024
comments icon36
share2.6k

link to article

There Aren't Seven Continents, There's Two. Or Four. Or Nine. Wait, What?Planet Earth

link to article

There Aren't Seven Continents, There's Two. Or Four. Or Nine. Wait, What?Planet Earth
nature-iconplanet earth

There Aren't Seven Continents, There's Two. Or Four. Or Nine. Wait, What?

clock-iconNovember 27, 2024
comments icon3
share38

link to article

Why Do Planes Avoid Flying Over Tibet?A plane flying near the Himalayas.

link to article

Why Do Planes Avoid Flying Over Tibet?A plane flying near the Himalayas.
nature-iconNature

Why Do Planes Avoid Flying Over Tibet?

clock-iconNovember 27, 2024
share23

link to article

Meet Spirit Bears: Like A Black Bear, But The Rarer, Fluffy Marshmallow Versionphotograph of an adult spirit bear with a cub

link to article

Meet Spirit Bears: Like A Black Bear, But The Rarer, Fluffy Marshmallow Versionphotograph of an adult spirit bear with a cub
nature-iconanimals

Meet Spirit Bears: Like A Black Bear, But The Rarer, Fluffy Marshmallow Version

clock-iconNovember 27, 2024
share95

link to article

A Gloriously Rare Half-Male, Half-Female Tarantula Was Once Born In Uruguay the tarantula's gynandromorphism can be seen with the naked eye.

link to article

A Gloriously Rare Half-Male, Half-Female Tarantula Was Once Born In Uruguay the tarantula's gynandromorphism can be seen with the naked eye.
nature-iconcreepy crawlies

A Gloriously Rare Half-Male, Half-Female Tarantula Was Once Born In Uruguay

clock-iconNovember 27, 2024
share410

link to article

Geoengineering Plan To Build Giant "Curtain" Around Antarctica Could Spark Huge TroubleTowering melting iceberg in Arctic icy ocean. Snow covered glacier drift under blue sunny sky. Pure ice floats in turquoise water. Ecology, melting ice, climate change global warming. Aerial view

link to article

Geoengineering Plan To Build Giant "Curtain" Around Antarctica Could Spark Huge TroubleTowering melting iceberg in Arctic icy ocean. Snow covered glacier drift under blue sunny sky. Pure ice floats in turquoise water. Ecology, melting ice, climate change global warming. Aerial view
nature-iconplanet earth

Geoengineering Plan To Build Giant "Curtain" Around Antarctica Could Spark Huge Trouble

clock-iconNovember 26, 2024
comments icon2
share140

link to article

Just One Country On Earth Sits Entirely Above An Altitude Of 1,000 MetersSani Pass is a mountain pass located border of South Africa and Lesotho.

link to article

Just One Country On Earth Sits Entirely Above An Altitude Of 1,000 MetersSani Pass is a mountain pass located border of South Africa and Lesotho.
nature-iconplanet earth

Just One Country On Earth Sits Entirely Above An Altitude Of 1,000 Meters

clock-iconNovember 26, 2024
share66

link to article

Japanese Squirrels Are Chowing Down On Deer Bones – But It's Much Cuter Than You'd ThinkA Japanese squirrel in a tree chewing on a deer jaw bone with the teeth still visible.

link to article

Japanese Squirrels Are Chowing Down On Deer Bones – But It's Much Cuter Than You'd ThinkA Japanese squirrel in a tree chewing on a deer jaw bone with the teeth still visible.
nature-iconanimals

Japanese Squirrels Are Chowing Down On Deer Bones – But It's Much Cuter Than You'd Think

clock-iconNovember 26, 2024
share5

link to article

What Is The Closest Living Relative To T. Rex? You Might Be Surprisedclose up chicken foot in mud

link to article

What Is The Closest Living Relative To T. Rex? You Might Be Surprisedclose up chicken foot in mud
nature-iconanimals

What Is The Closest Living Relative To T. Rex? You Might Be Surprised

clock-iconNovember 26, 2024
comments icon31
share150

link to article

The Only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor On Earth Is 2 Billion Years OldAn abandoned uranium mine.

link to article

The Only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor On Earth Is 2 Billion Years OldAn abandoned uranium mine.
nature-iconenvironment

The Only Known Natural Nuclear Reactor On Earth Is 2 Billion Years Old

clock-iconNovember 26, 2024
comments icon13
share63

link to article

Explosive Study Reveals How Squirting Cucumber Engorges And Erupts, Shooting Seeds 10 MetersA still showing the jet ejected from a squirting cucumber, which carries its seeds distances of up to 10m away from the mother plant.

link to article

Explosive Study Reveals How Squirting Cucumber Engorges And Erupts, Shooting Seeds 10 MetersA still showing the jet ejected from a squirting cucumber, which carries its seeds distances of up to 10m away from the mother plant.
nature-iconplants

Explosive Study Reveals How Squirting Cucumber Engorges And Erupts, Shooting Seeds 10 Meters

clock-iconNovember 25, 2024
comments icon7
share55

link to article

Do Wolves Pollinate? Large Carnivores Seen Slurping On Nectar For First TimeAn Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) with its muzzle covered in pollen after feeding on the nectar of the red hot poker (Kniphofia foliosa).

link to article

Do Wolves Pollinate? Large Carnivores Seen Slurping On Nectar For First TimeAn Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) with its muzzle covered in pollen after feeding on the nectar of the red hot poker (Kniphofia foliosa).
nature-iconanimals

Do Wolves Pollinate? Large Carnivores Seen Slurping On Nectar For First Time

clock-iconNovember 25, 2024
share140

link to article

Dragonfly Babies Breathe Through Their Butts – But That's Not AllSmall brown and green dragonfly nymph underwater with a very wide head and big eyes.

link to article

Dragonfly Babies Breathe Through Their Butts – But That's Not AllSmall brown and green dragonfly nymph underwater with a very wide head and big eyes.
nature-iconcreepy crawlies

Dragonfly Babies Breathe Through Their Butts – But That's Not All

clock-iconNovember 25, 2024
share41

link to article

Groundbreaking “Genetic Time Machine” Reveals Evidence Of Cumulative Culture In Chimpanzeesa young chimpanzee learning how to use a rock tool from an older chimpanzee

link to article

Groundbreaking “Genetic Time Machine” Reveals Evidence Of Cumulative Culture In Chimpanzeesa young chimpanzee learning how to use a rock tool from an older chimpanzee
nature-iconanimals

Groundbreaking “Genetic Time Machine” Reveals Evidence Of Cumulative Culture In Chimpanzees

clock-iconNovember 25, 2024
comments icon1
share180

link to article

Giraffes Could Be Added To US Endangered Species Act Under New ProposalHead-shot of two West African giraffes, seen at the South Lakes Safari Zoo during the summer of 2016.

link to article

Giraffes Could Be Added To US Endangered Species Act Under New ProposalHead-shot of two West African giraffes, seen at the South Lakes Safari Zoo during the summer of 2016.
nature-iconanimals

Giraffes Could Be Added To US Endangered Species Act Under New Proposal

clock-iconNovember 25, 2024
share87