In 2018, Cal Poly Humboldt biology professor Silvia Pavan was deep in the Peruvian Andes on a research expedition, scanning the rugged terrain for a little-known squirrel species. What she…
While out on his usual delivery route in Australia, a mail carrier named Wayne noticed something unusual lying on the ground. Curious, he stopped his truck and went over to…
When Jonathan discovered a mouse had moved into one of the electrical boxes at his workplace, he figured it was time to evict her. The little tenant had built herself…
Earlier this year, a team of researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute sent a remotely operated vehicle, ROV SuBastian, plunging two miles beneath the ocean’s surface. Their mission: to explore…
For weeks after moving into their new trailer-style home in Jacksonville, Florida, Isa Machado and her family couldn’t shake the feeling that something else was living there with them. “We…
One stormy afternoon in Yorkshire, England, a woman was walking her dog when something on the wet pavement caught her eye — a tiny, motionless shape beneath the trees. It…
From a distance, Boots looks like any other red fox — sleek copper fur, bright eyes, and a tail that swishes proudly as he runs. But anyone who meets him…
When Maria Yabetta heard about a domestic bunny wandering alone in Lafreniere Park in New Orleans, she didn’t hesitate for a second. As a seasoned rabbit rescuer, she’s helped her…
While walking along a quiet stretch of beach in the U.S. Virgin Islands a few years ago, Dr. Larry Wood noticed a faint rustle in a pile of dried leaves.…
