Why a centuries-old Mexica myth became Mexico's enduring symbol

A new exhibition in Mexico City explores how the sacred myth that marked the site of the ancient Mexica — or Azetc — capital ...
University of California

An extreme tree hunt in the Sierra Nevada

Safford, his team and this writer are in the Inyo National Forest in the Southern Sierra Nevada mountains, more than 11,000 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Downy Woodpeckers ‘Grunt’ as They Turn Their Bodies Into Hammers to Drill Into Trees

Researchers studied the combination of muscles and breaths that the tiny birds use as they strike trees with their beaks ...
IFLScience

"Drop Crocs": Australia Once Had Ancient Crocs That Climbed Trees To Jump On Their Prey

P aleontologists have confirmed their suspicions that Australia once had crocodiles that roamed forests and probably climbed trees, to jump on potential prey. Although evidence for this conclusion has ...

Gardener finds unexpected guest lounging high atop their tree: 'Slick little guy'

Emily Blunt sat down with Elle magazine for its Women in Hollywood cover series and looked back at her first movie audition, ...