Did men's beards evolve to absorb a punch to the jaw? By Mindy Weisberger Thick facial hair could cushion the face and jaw, lending protection against punches, kicks and other combat blows.
Viral story of 'drunk elephants' in China is adorable ... and false. Here's what really happened. By Mindy Weisberger Photos of allegedly "drunken elephants" quickly went viral on Twitter. But the elephants weren't drunk, they were just resting, officials said.
Florida lizard breaks world poop record, dies constipated By Mindy Weisberger A curly-tailed lizard's belly was stretched by a mass of unpassed poo.
Conspiracy theorists falsely claim coronavirus pandemic is an elaborate hoax. Really? By Anatoliy Gruzd, Philip Mai In the midst of coronavirus pandemic, conspiracy theorists are sowing seeds of doubts about its severity and denying the very existence of the pandemic.
Elephants in China got drunk and passed out in a garden By Mindy Weisberger A herd of elephants recently overindulged on corn wine in a village in China's Yunnan Province, and a photo of two tipsy pachyderms went viral.
Why do some men have red beards, but not red hair? By Benjamin Plackett It all boils down to genetics.
Woman's transplanted 'man hands' became lighter and more feminine over time By Mindy Weisberger Years after surgery, a woman's transplanted hands from a darker-skinned male donor now appear lighter and more feminine.
Pig poops out a pedometer, starts a fire By Mindy Weisberger A farm in northern England recently caught fire after a pig swallowed and then pooped out a pedometer, sparking a blaze with the device's battery.
Live Science podcast "Life's Little Mysteries" 9: Mysterious Flat-Earthers By Live Science Staff Earth is commonly known to be a sphere — but some people disagree.
Man slams truck into Easter Island statue, causing 'incalculable damage' By Brandon Specktor A resident of Easter Island accidentally crashed his truck into one of the island's famous moai statues, causing 'incalculable damage.'
'Welcome to Narnia': Frozen homes near Lake Erie are an eerie sight By Mindy Weisberger Powerful winds and freezing temperatures recently made a chilling spectacle of several homes near Lake Erie, encasing them in thick layers of ice.
Bizarre 'ice volcanoes' erupt on Lake Michigan beach By Nicoletta Lanese What are 'ice volcanoes,' and why are they erupting in Michigan?
Read an excerpt from 'The Falcon Thief' By Mindy Weisberger Over decades, a brazen thief stole hundreds of eggs from rare and endangered falcons' nests around the world, to sell to private collectors.
'The Falcon Thief' exposes the high-flying life of a notorious rare-bird smuggler By Mindy Weisberger Wild falcons are highly prized by private collectors, who pay tens of thousands of dollars for the rare birds.
Stolen painting reappears after 23 years, in the same gallery where it was taken By Rafi Letzter A famous painting by Gustav Klimt that went missing 23 years ago turned up in the walls of the gallery from which it appears it was stolen from. No one knows who took it.
British 'X-Files' of UFO sightings is going public By Mindy Weisberger The U.K.'s Ministry of Defense announced that it will soon release formerly classified government files about UFO encounters.
Cat with 4 frostbitten paws gets new feet made of titanium By Mindy Weisberger Dymka the cat suffered severe frostbite in all four paws, but after they were amputated she received new titanium limbs.
Life's Little Mysteries By Livescience.com Answers to questions you've long wondered about, and some you never thought to ask.
Florida weather forecast: Cloudy with a chance of falling iguanas By Mindy Weisberger Low temperatures in Florida prompted an unusual warning from the National Weather Service.
Why this 15th-century 'Jesus-lamb' painting is creeping people out By Brandon Specktor A famous 15th-century altarpiece has been restored in Belgium, and people are freaked out by the artist's original image of a human-faced Jesus sheep.
