Science

Photos of a “newly discovered and described” translucent species of frog are going viral because media outlets say the creature looks like Kermit the Frog.

Since time immemorial, humans have often wished they could curl up and sleep away those cold winter days like their furry friends, but that dream could one day become a reality with scientists investigating new ways for astronauts to hibernate in space.

Researchers are baffled after discovering a rare deep sea oarfish had washed up on a salt marsh, Otago Harbour, in Dunedin, New Zealand. The three-metre creature was found by a local resident in Aramoana, who then called the Department of Conservation.

An 8 to 9 foot Bull shark has been swimming very close to the condos that line Hickory Boulevard. According to WINK-TV, one resident was shocked when he spotted an estimated eight to nine-foot shark just swimming near the the backyard of his condo.

The new official map of Canada is raising some eyebrows this week, as – contrary to reality – it appears to show an increase in Arctic sea ice over the previous map from 2006.

Note to self: never let your child pound their chest at a gorilla when it’s just glass between you and the gorilla. The family (understandably) fled when the glass cracked.

Never mind the color of that dress: When is Cheryl’s birthday? The latest viral puzzler to stump the Internet started out as a question for students in Singapore and spread around the world after it was posted here, reports the Washington Post.

Nasa has released incredible GoPro footage taken by its astronauts as they embarked on three spacewalks to prepare for the expected arrival of commercial space crafts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017.

Researchers are planning on drilling 5,000 feet below the seafloor to take samples of the crater left by the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs. The group met last week in Merida, Mexico, a city within the nearly 125-mile-wide impact site, to explain the research plans and put out a call for scientists to join the expedition planned for spring …

California Police ‘detained’ a baby seal that took a day trip to a local high school. The seal managed to get five blocks from the shoreline to Mar Vista High School in Imperial Beach, California, on Wednesday before officers caught up with the pup, police said Friday.

Researchers have found evidence of cannibalism in a particularly large and aggressive dinosaur species that once inhabited North America, giving credence to the theory that at least some prehistoric beasts had a taste for their own kind.