Madison Dapcevich

Learn more about some of the amazing features of fungi, including being the largest organism in the world and improving medical treatments.

Cannibalism in snakes is much more widespread than previously thought, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that snakes are evolving to become cannibalistic. Learn more about it.

Learn more about human skull shape and how it has changed over millions of years.

Time only moves microseconds faster on the moon, so why would it need its own timezone? Learn how the moon's timezone plays a vital role in astronaut safety.

Learn how culture, survival, and science created some of history's strangest meals.

Learn more about the theory that the faces we see in dreams come from faces we've encountered in real life, and how testing that theory is nearly impossible.

Learn more about the death rituals seen throughout the animal kingdom and whether or not animals grieve the same way humans do.

Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? Thankfully, no. Researchers explain why and how we’d know if we were swallowing spiders.

Learn more about the juvenile fish that carry sea anemones like weapons or shields to ward off predators.

How heating a mental hospital with geothermal energy could lead to a reduction in heating costs

Learn more about protein intake and how, even though we need protein in our diets, too much can snuff out other nutrients.

Learn more about the human tailbone and how, even though we may not have a strict need for it anymore, it still helps us with our everyday lives.

Do some social media posts make you cry? Can you tell a reliable source from one you shouldn't trust? Can AI help bring us together across divides?

Yellowstone National Park is home to over 10,000 geothermal features, and many more exist outside its boundaries. Officials are interested in the extent to which these resources are connected, but questions abound.

Learn more about the tests researchers are developing with machine learning tools that could be key in diagnosing chronic fatigue syndrome.

Do fish pee? Yes, they do just like humans. And how they pee may help us understand our evolutionary roots.

Rainbow shrimp vision: Learn more about the mantis shrimp that has between 12 and 16 photoreceptors, compared to humans that only have three.

The Rocky Mountains are a hotbed of geothermal power. Why isn’t the US tapping into it?

Experts are finding the secrets to supporting life in outer space on our own planet – in the deep ocean. Learn why underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal events could help us find the building blocks of life elsewhere.

In 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied further federal protections to wolves in Western states, prompting lawsuit