In an age when we can edit genomes and land probes on comets, you might think we have plants all figured out. Yet scattered across deserts, mountaintops, rainforests, and even city sidewalks are botanical outliers quietly breaking the rules of biology. These species shrug off droughts that kill entire forests, bend time with seeds ...
It sounds like a fable, but the protagonist is real: a pinhead-sized jellyfish capable of turning back its biological clock. Scientists call it Turritopsis dohrnii, better known as the so‑called immortal jellyfish, and it can revert from adulthood to its juvenile state when life gets rough. That trick doesn’t just dodge death; it rewrites what ...
Alaska’s winter is a test that breaks the unprepared. Yet as sea smoke rises and river ice groans, bald eagles carve out a life that looks almost effortless. The mystery is how a big, fish-loving raptor withstands months of cold, long nights, and scarce daylight while still keeping enough energy to hunt, soar, and defend ...
