Fox Caught Stealing More Than 100 Shoes In Germany

In Germany, one citizen’s sleuthing has helped solve a series of crimes that plagued the country’s capital Berlin. Only in this case, instead of money or jewels, the criminal was stealing shoes and wasn’t even a person. An independent investigation by Christian Meyer, from the Zehlendorf neighborhood in southwestern Berlin, found that a local sly …

Siberian Mammoth Skeleton Found with Sinew Still Attached

Finding the skeletons of our predecessors on Earth is rare. Like, really rare. Paleontologists have discovered just a few thousand dinosaur skeletons representing between three and five hundred species. That’s from a group of animals who populated the Earth for 175 million years. By comparison, humans have been around for just 200,000 years. So it’s …

Chipmunk Invasion Drives New England Gardeners Nuts

New England gardeners and farmers are buckling under a not-quite-biblical but still irritating plague. A chittering horde is taking over the northeastern states, digging up plants and destroying flower beds. It’s chipmunks! The critters’ population has exploded this summer due to favorable food conditions and they’re unleashing their wrath upon New England gardens. The region …

Scientists Discover Four New Sharks That Walk On Land

Sharks are often considered ferocious man-eating apex predators of the sea. While their infamy is actually mostly unwarranted, stories and movies of shark attacks have cemented their reputation in our collective subconscious. At least we can all breathe a sigh of relief with the fact that sharks are confined to the seas. On hard, dry …