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Sabrina Imbler

Birdfector

I Met The Twee Bird That Ruffled Kelly Clarkson’s Feathers

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, believed to be the oldest reptile living on earth with and alleged age of 185 years, crawls through the lawn of the Plantation House, the United Kingdom Governor official residence on October 20, 2017

Creaturefector

The Secret To Living 194 Years Is Being A Turtle

A view of the entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk on October 7, 2026. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP)

Science

Everything We Know And Don’t Know About The Possible Plague Death At The Anti-Plague Institute

Newly discovered branching worm, Ramisyllis kingghidorahi, named after Godzilla's nemesis. Its head is at the left

This Worm Has No Ifs And Many Butts

Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk holding up a shoe with a pen

Mr. Monk And The Unfinished Book

A feeder fish approaches a piece of seemingly submerged driftwood. Suddenly, the driftwood moves; it turns out to be a large, perfectly camouflaged frog that rises from the bottom and consumes the orange fish

Horrible Toad Very Good At What It Does

Philadelphia, USA - June 9, 2021 - The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas.

How The U.S.’s Oldest Natural History Museum Might Meet Its End

two cyborg cockroaches with little computer backpacks

You’re Trapped Under Rubble And These Guys Are Your EMTs. WYD?

a strange-looking fish called the red-lipped batfish with the reds week logo

Reds Week

Why Does The Red-Lipped Batfish Look Like That?

Rock Layers in Lower Mound in Gale Crater on the surface of Mars, with the Reds Week logo at the center on a mound

Let’s Remember Some Publications That Said We Would Get To Mars By 2026

a photo of a person in a red light mask in a dark room, with the reds week logo next to it

Is My Red Light Mask Doing Anything Or Am I Delusional? An Investigation

Redback spider - Latrodectus hasselti on a branch

Some Spiders Savor Sacrificial Somersault Sex

Freaky Little Plant Propagated By Freaky Little Freaks

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) looks on as President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order