The mild temperatures we've had more than a week in January have not been record-setting. The 40-degree reading was recorded only once, somewhat similar to what we had in December. Following the ...

Some people have life birds, species of birds they've waited their whole lives to see in the wild. I don't have one of these, but I do have a life mole. I've been waiting to catch a glimpse of ...

The star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) is a strong candidate for the strangest nose in the animal kingdom. It’s star-shaped rostrum is made up of 22 nasal appendages that it uses to snuffle through ...

Found in swampy areas of North America, the star-nosed mole's titular appendage consists of 22 probes with 25,000 sensory ...

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.

Just this past week, the Poconos experienced a sampling of white stuff that had fallen Tuesday overnight and squalled into Wednesday morning, leaving a few inches of snow in the higher elevations and ...

Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau. He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ranging ...

Some people have life birds, species of birds they’ve waited their whole lives to see in the wild. I don’t have one of these, but I do have a life mole. I’ve been waiting to catch a glimpse of ...