Despite the seemingly basic things we don't know about dinosaurs, we do know some surprising things – like their body temperatures.

Because of the way digestion works, human poop not only contains dangerous microbes, it also contains a wide variety of other things, many of which we could potentially put to use.

There are huge varieties of birth control methods because there are lots of different ways to disrupt the process of sperm-egg fertilization.

Plants can tell when competitors are nearby because they can see them.

Humans eat a lot of different animals, but almost none of them are carnivores - why?

Solar eclipses can happen anywhere on earth, but if you want to see a total eclipse, you need to go to the far north, because the Earth’s shape and orbit determine the high latitudes and eclipse hotspot.

When a ship sinks, lots of factors, like the ship’s materials, the water quality, and the depth of the seafloor all play a role in determining how long the ship will last down there - as a result, the Titanic will be gone in fifty years,...

For centuries, humans have reported animals freaking out during solar eclipses, like birds falling from the sky and bees hiding in their hives, but the animals most affected by eclipses might be us.

Why is the middle of a hurricane sometimes so clear and calm?

A technology to ignore birds on radar ended up being useful to study and conserve them.

I was in Arizona recently for Phoenix Comic-Con, and had the amazing pleasure of seeing one of Earth's greatest natural wonders… the Grand Canyon. More than a mile deep, and several miles across, it just defies belief. But I couldn't...

Despite centuries of death records to the contrary, “dying of old age” is not medically possible; instead, it’s just a convenient catch-all.

Almost everything we know about the reproductive practices of European eels comes from a genius study conducted more than 100 years ago.

Optimal foraging theory means that turning down food is sometimes more efficient than eating it - but even then, what’s “wasted” doesn’t necessarily go to waste.

Our oceans don’t technically contain salt, but the ions salt is made of play a critical role in planet-wide processes that make the Earth habitable.

Most trees reach for the sun – but not the weeping willow. Why?

On the Internet, koalas get an unnecessary amount of hate, so let's debunk some of the most pervasive koala myths!

Many of the greatest biological dispersal events in history likely happened because animals inadvertently traveled across the oceans on floating debris.

In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we keep score on the winners and losers of the animal kingdom.



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Elephants might be strong, but they are weak compared to ants because ants have certain advantages that allow them to outlift their larger competitors.

In the future, humans will likely die of a very different suite of causes than we do now, thanks to advances in healthcare, an aging population, and changes in the environment.

It’s not just how much you take in; it’s how fast your body can purge it.

Every species on Earth has a fingerprint - whether or not they have fingers at all.

While the rest of the world’s megafauna are still foundering in the anthropocene era, these two big animals have used little animal strategies to bounce back. Way back.