Science

Hummingbirds in the Peruvian Andes enter a state of torpor at night to conserve energy, dipping their body temperatures to as low as 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

Never underestimate pond scum. The asteroid impact that killed most of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago also created conditions for ocean microbes to flourish, according to a new study. In microscopic rock crystals, researchers have found evidence that massive blooms of algae and photosynthetic bacteria covered the world’s oceans, […]

An Asian malaria-carrying mosquito that has adapted to urban life has the potential to spread to dozens of cities across the African continent, a new modeling study suggests. That could put more than 100 million additional people at risk of the deadly disease, including many who were never before exposed […]

The whale swam nearly 20 miles upriver before scientists caught up to it. It’s still going the wrong way.

Bottoms up (and good luck keeping it down).

The antibody treatment, REGN-COV2, is part of the RECOVERY trial run by the University of Oxford.

“The public will need to learn to live with it,” experts warn.

Given an impossible task, a dog will ask a human for help, but a wolf will not seek help—and neither will a pet pig.

An international team of astronomers has detected a mysterious molecule which may be the by-product of living cells.

Louisiana already has 23,000 climate refugees living in shelters following Hurricane Laura.