Apart from the full moon or some shots of our planet we already got used to, we rarely get to see the beauty of other planets. This time, here’s a chance to see the red planet in all its splendour, here’s Mars unveiled:

Iberian Lynx Lynx pardinus The world’s most endangered cat species, the Iberian lynx once thrived in Spain, Portugal and southern France. Today, its numbers have dwindled to some 120 individuals divided between small populations in Spain’s Andalusia region. Habitat destruction, collisions with vehicles, poaching and a collapsing rabbit population have all contributed to the decline [...]

Sometimes we’re so excited to have President’s Day off work that we forget what it’s really about. President’s Day honors George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays. What follows are some mind-blowing facts about Abraham Lincoln. Hold on to your stovepipe hats…

10. Lincoln under-utilized his pockets

Abraham Lincoln’s actual stovepipe hat

Speaking of top hats, [...]

The “humanoid” carp are attracting attention in the town of Chongju in the centre of the country where they live in a small pond.
They are believed to be hybrid descendants of two carp species – the carp and the leather carp, also known as a tangerine fish.
Both fish are females and more than three feet [...]

From marijuana to catnip, there are hundreds of remarkably common herbs, flowers, berries and plants that serve all kinds of important medicinal and health purposes that might surprise you: anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, insect repellent, antiseptic, expectorant, antibacterial, detoxification, fever reduction, antihistamine and pain relief. Here are eighteen potent medical plants you’re likely to find in the [...]

A paleontologist cleans the fossilized bird cranium at Peru’s National History Museum in Lima on Friday. (Martin Mejia/Associated Press)
The unusually intact fossilized skull of a giant, toothed sea bird that died millions of years ago has been found on Peru’s arid southern coast, researchers said Friday.
The fossil is the best-preserved cranium ever found of a [...]

BUTTERFLY sex is not as elegant an affair as you might think. It seems that male monarch butterflies conduct an all-out sperm war based on a crude measure of how much sperm is stored inside a female from a previous mating.

During sex the males physically restrain the females for an entire day while injecting them [...]

Elephants do not have the greatest eyesight in the animal kingdom, but they never forget a face. Carol Buckley at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., for instance, reports that in 1999 resident elephant Jenny became anxious and could hardly be contained when introduced to newcomer Shirley, an Asian elephant.
As the animals checked one another [...]

Corridor in the famous catacombs of Rome

Catacombs such as these were carved over hundreds of years, beginning in the second century A.D., from soft rock beneath the outskirts of Rome. The labyrinthine corridors of these underground cemeteries cover hundreds of acres and house the remains of hundreds of thousands of Christians and Jews.
Rome’s famous catacombs [...]