Corals are gorgeous, and a critical part of any marine ecosystem; they provide homes and food for many different types of life, from algae to fish and sharks.
The moon may be a lot dustier than we previously thought. Scientists from the University of Colorado-Boulder have found evidence (paywall) of a permanent dust cloud surrounding the moon as a result of thousands of tiny collisions of comet dust particles with the moon’s surface.
The benefits of green spaces to human health and the environment include slowing soil erosion and potentially even making us kinder.
Tiger sharks aren’t known to be picky eaters. As apex predators, they’ll eat just about anything. As long as they can swallow it, it’s fair game. In fact, they’ve even earned themselves the nickname “wastebucket of the sea,” according to National Geographic.
Cats are cute and cuddly. Some hate Mondays and others make YouTube stars. Many of them also carry the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which spreads to humans and, as research suggests, can cause serious harm.
What’s killing the bees? One likely answer: A honeybee parasite called the varroa mite, which can hide in plain sight amid bee colonies by manufacturing bee-like smells.
American millennials—those born between 1982 and 1999—are less likely to identify as religious than previous generations at the same age, according to a new analysis of a combined large survey.
On Monday, May 25, an unnamed man died from Ebola-like symptoms in a New Jersey hospital. He first checked into a hospital when he had a high fever and sore throat. Initially, he was sent home; he failed to tell doctors he had been in West Africa. When he checked back into the hospital a few days later, his symptoms had worsened. Monday night, doctors diagnosed him with Lassa fever and he died from complications of the disease. Officials from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived in New Jersey the next day to help the hospital ensure all of its doctors and nurses were not infected, and to help local officials find anyone else who may have been in contact with the man.
