8 Amazing Animals that Live into the Triple Digits (or Beyond)

When a person turns 100 years old, it’s a cause of great celebration. And there’s reason to party, since getting to celebrate your centennial is quite an achievement. For a human being, that is. There are animals in the world that would consider even the oldest human a young whippersnapper. What’s weird, though, is that …

Researchers Genetically Alter Fruit Flies to Become Cocaine-Addicted Junkies

Genetic modification has done a lot to benefit humanity. It has given more plentiful crops, like corn and rice, and even medications, like bacteria-produced insulin. Not every genetic experiment has been a great success. For example, you can look at the one that turned cuddle hamsters into ultraviolent psychos. And then there are those genetic …

New Jersey Hawk Learns to Use Traffic Lights to Hunt Birds

Some animals are shockingly intelligent. They can learn to use tools, solve complex environmental puzzles, and remember stuff for longer than humans can. They can even learn to obey traffic lights — in their own way. Dr. Vladimir Dinets, a zoologist from New Jersey, has discovered a young hawk that has developed a unique hunting …