Otters are notoriously playful creatures. But does their playfulness serve some greater purpose? Or is it really just pure fun?

In a forested area along the western edge of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula lurks a very large fungus. It doesn’t inspire awe in the way that a giant redwood or blue whale might, it isn’t grand, and it isn’t majestic, but this prodigious fungus is among the largest living things in the world.

Researchers have recently discovered that the Oriental hornet may be capable of harvesting energy from sunlight.

Imagine mistaking vinegar for apple juice, Guinness for a chocolate milkshake, pure lemon juice for lemonade, Jose Cuervo for real tequila. According to those who have tried it, this is exactly what happens after you eat a small red berry called miracle fruit.

Baking bread, brewing beer, producing biofuel, getting a gross skin infection. What do all four activities have in common? Yeast.

Why are chile peppers hot? Why do we love to eat them anyway?

Were the Salem Witch Trials sparked by toxic hallucinogens?