This serene shot of a polar bear cub enjoying the verdant landscape was taken remotely by Martin Gregus of Canada, while the bear was playing in a mass of fireweed on the coast of Hudson Bay.
Not all tech needs to be a distraction.
Tropical stingray attacks have doubled at some beaches along California coasts, with lifeguards reporting thousands of new cases.
Mycologists have identified a species of mushroom that induces hallucinations of dozens and sometimes hundreds of tiny people. The fungi is native to China and the Philippines.
Fungi are really important to science, but aging them correctly is much more difficult than you'd think.
Scientists have long thought cynodonts, the ancestors of all modern mammals, laid eggs. For the first time, researchers have found evidence to the contrary.
The cottonmouth had likely been looking for a dark spot to digest its big meal.
