500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
Staff at St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, Missouri recently opened up a very special delivery in the mail: an overnight shipment of 500 adult Partula snails. Their journey began…
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Why do dogs’ legs shake during pets? It’s not because they like it.
Imagine this: You’re at the doctor’s office, and instead of one quick tap with the reflex hammer—the kind that makes your leg kick out without you meaning to—they just…keep going.…
APOD: 2026 September 13 – Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 13 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day…
Single California condor mother gets help raising her chick
Wild condor parents usually make a great parenting team. But when one female California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) in Pinnacles National Park in Central California found herself in the role of…
Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor
Explore This Section Science Citizen Science Help Refine Data from Space… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope…
Yosemite National Park highlights Indigenous arrowhead crafting
There is a simple reason why Indigenous arrowhead crafting has remained largely the same for thousands of years—if something works, it works. The earliest examples of these lethal tools date…
Tiny crabs discovered hitching rides on sea snakes
Many organisms often set up their homes on sea turtles. Known as epibionts, the most noticeable passengers are usually the algae and barnacles clinging to the marine reptile’s protective shell.…
NASA’s Chandra Spots Galactic Gem
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and J. Major Two galaxies merge at a furious rate in this Aug. 25, 2026, image of the II Zw…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members suit up in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch to the International Space…
NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords
Poynting crater and Keeler crater are visible side by side in the lower right portion of this image of the Moon’s far side highlands. Poynting, positioned above, is a large…