Brian Handwerk Science Correspondent Life is short, the old saying goes, but in the world of animals, we humans are pretty fortunate: Our species is quite long-lived. With 122 being the oldest documented age, humans can enjoy decades more life than most fish, birds and mammals—including our primate relatives. But we’re not alone in experiencing […]
More than 7,000 species of frogs hop, climb and perch around our world—which means more than 7,000 unique frog calls permeate our air. “The diversity of frog sounds is hard to overstate,” says Mark Scherza herpetologist at the Natural History Museum of Denmark. “They come in all manner of sounds, from ones that sound like […]
Riley Black Science Correspondent Mammals are familiar beasts. From a squirrel on a power line to a blue whale swimming through the sea, we share the world with more than 6,000 mammal species of all shapes and sizes. While we can easily distinguish a creature like a jaguar from a reptile or a bird in […]
Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Donny Bajohr They’re among the Earth’s simplest creatures, composed of 95 percent water, with no spines, brains or hearts, but jellyfish still manage to capture our attention. Older than the dinosaurs, members of this group have been around for 500 million years. Floating through the seas like […]
