Toads can lay between 2,000 and 20,000 eggs in a season. But only one in 50 will typically survive the leap from egg to tadpole to "frog-hood." “They lay those eggs, and they develop into teeny, tiny ...
As gentle giants who both graze in the tranquil coastal shade of seagrass meadows, manatees and dugongs share the cheeky nickname: “sea cows.” Dugongs and manatees, who are close relatives, both share ...
For most adults, nothing will ever beat fresh vegetables from a local farmer’s market, cooked and seasoned to perfection. But for kids, getting them to choke down a carrot or broccoli can feel like an ...
A mini pumpkin toadlet sounds like a confection from the magical world of “Harry Potter,” but it’s actually a miniaturized frog with a bright orange hue that’s roughly the size of a Skittle. In total, ...
In the Amazon’s Putumayo basin of Colombia, a new species of fish was discovered swimming among submerged roots in a shallow forest stream. That fish, which is roughly the size of the average pinky ...
On Black Friday, a gunman opened fire in San Jose’s Westfield Valley Fair mall at about 5:40 p.m. Three victims were located and taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that were not considered ...
Earlier this year, heavy-handed budget cuts gutted the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. In February, the USFS announced it would be firing around 3,400 recent hires, and the NPS would ...
An estimated 1.4 million New Yorkers are food insecure, according to the latest data from nonprofit City Harvest. And in East Harlem, which has a majority Hispanic and Black population, an estimated ...
As the Trump administration rolls out another heavy-handed Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown in a United States city, residents of Charlotte, North Carolina are not going down without a ...
Over 15 years ago, Cassie Carney founded Broken Biscuits, a charity in the United Kingdom that supports disabled dogs, the ones often left behind at the shelter. She, along with a crew of volunteers, ...
This weekend, as President Donald Trump met with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani, and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her resignation, New York Congresswoman Alexandria ...
In 1978, Eligio Peña, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, opened his first family-owned grocery store in Queens, New York: Compare Foods. The chain grew quickly, expanding to neighboring ...