Sharks were almost wiped out in an extinction 19 million years ago
3 June 2021
Sharks living in the open ocean experienced a previously unknown mass extinction event about 19 million years ago that wiped out nearly 90 per cent of the predators
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Right whales born in 1981 grew a metre longer than they do today
3 June 2021
Surveillance of right whales in the North Atlantic show that individuals born today will grow to be a metre shorter, on average, than whales born in the early 1980s
University students with morning lectures tend to have lower grades
3 June 2021
University students tend to get lower grades if their classes and lectures begin early in the morning, because they struggle to wake up early enough to attend them
Elephant trunks suck up water at speeds of 540 kilometres per hour
1 June 2021
Elephants use extreme suction to hold water and food in their trunks, often inhaling at speeds that are nearly 30 times the speed we exhale air when we sneeze
