A Moment of Science

Body weight is important, but how does it indicate health?

When this eel gets swallowed by a predator, he still has one last trick up his sleeve.

How does a queen bee rule over a hive?

This invasive toad has caused a lot of problems, even for itself.

Do you like vanilla? Because it's about to get really expensive.

The male Anna's hummingbird's tail has a musical application.

Arctic melting causes problems for the homes of ringed seals.

This invasive plant causes a lot of trouble for its neighbors.

New evidence from an ancient burial site reveals a 13,000-year-old diet.

Do squirrels have a taste for snake?

How do scientists take the ocean's temperature?

In 2022, scientists dissected an 18-foot Burmese python only to find a barely digested 5-foot-long gator.

Praying mantids were long thought to be deaf, but neuroscientists have made a new discovery.

420 million years ago, this fish evolved an interesting ability. For a fish, anyways.

It turns out that humans and monkeys have a shared language when it comes to talking to babies.

Does the early bird really get the worm?

Maybe you feel like your brain is a broken record. Are you sure you're not ruminating?

What does a baby's smile do to a mother's brain?

Everybody poops, but does your poop help forests recover from wildfires?

These critters are natural experts at digging holes in your backyard.