Archive for October 2022

But to switch it around now could damage it, according to the art historian who discovered the error.

Missouri’s St. Louis Zoo announced the birth of a Francois’ langur monkey, the first of the endangered species to be born at the facility.

Certain species of wild oats have a special seed dispersal system that looks as if the seeds are walking on the ground looking for suitable soil to take root in. Modern-day oats (Avena sativa) have been drastically altered through domestication and are entirely dependent on humans for their survival. Not only do they need to…

A giant inflatable duck that made its return to a Maine harbor this week broke free from its moorings and is now on the move.

A mountain lion was captured in the back yard of a Los Angeles home after an hours-long search that involved a school being locked down and multiple tranquilizer darts being fired.

A Michigan man who won a lottery jackpot of $25,000 a year for life said the numbers on his winning ticket came from a random number generator he found online.

A Minnesota gardener’s 2,560-pound pumpkin, the largest in U.S. history, is being carved into the world’s largest jack-o’-lantern.

Sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina came to the rescue of a loose emu that “played ‘Frogger’ with traffic” on a busy highway.

The deadly snake escaped on Saturday via a light fixture in the ceiling of its glass enclosure at the Skansen Aquarium.

A South African gymnast earned his fourth Guinness World Records titles when he went into a backbend position and completed 19 full body revolutions in 1 minute.