Czech photographer Radim Filipek took this snapshot of a happy horse and her 3-day-old son Monty. But it could also be you and your friends laughing far too hard at an inside joke that you’ve long since forgotten the origins of.
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Researchers in Thailand identified a newly discovered species of prehistoric rodent after pulling one fossilized incisor, and later a giant molar, from a local mine in Krabi.
Apparently, one of the three suspects is a famous tarantula researcher.
Scientists sorted cats into four personality types, including one that shows the same mix of shyness and curiosity around strangers as human babies.
More than two dozen firefly species in the U.S. and Canada haven't been seen for at least a decade.
The team counted approximately 3,500 metric tons' worth of eels. Yes, tons.