Ari Daniel

In 1938, a partial excavation of a well revealed a man’s skeleton — possibly that of a dead man thrown down the well in the 12th century. Riksantikvaren (The Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage) hide caption toggle caption Riksantikvaren (The […]

New research looks into how the wrinkles on an elephant’s trunk helps it feed. Lena Kaufmann and the Zoo Schönbrunn, Vienna hide caption toggle caption Lena Kaufmann and the Zoo Schönbrunn, Vienna Why is the elephant trunk so wrinkly? It

In some areas of the world, people may not be living quite as long as researchers once thought, according to new research. JohnFScott/Getty Images/E+ hide caption toggle caption JohnFScott/Getty Images/E+ There are places in the world that are vaunted for

A little more than a year ago, while biologist Kei Jokura was in Woods Hole, Mass., he routinely walked down to the water, scanning for comb jellies. “They look like a jellyfish,” he says, “but they’re completely different.” It’s a

Turtles being released into the New Jersey woods Nathanael Stanek/The Turtle Conservancy hide caption toggle caption Nathanael Stanek/The Turtle Conservancy On a warm, sunny morning in late August, a few dozen people assemble beside a barn in northern New Jersey.

Octopuses and fish hunt in groups, and octopuses have been observed striking fish who try to freeload. Eduardo Sampaio/Eduardo Sampaio hide caption toggle caption Eduardo Sampaio/Eduardo Sampaio The Red Sea, sandwiched between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, is teeming

Master of Ceremonies Marc Abrahams addresses the audience during a pre-pandemic Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images It was the quirky aspects of science that researchers celebrated at

There’s one confirmed case. And likely hundreds more. As experts try to ID the source of the virus in Gaza, a huge vaccine effort has wrapped up stage 1 and gears up for the critical stage 2. (Image credit: Eyad