Dan Nosowitz
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New York, NY, United States
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The best Apple Watch alternatives: Fitness trackers and smartwatches for Android users
The best Apple Watch alternatives put the focus on your specific interests. Match your style whether it's gym clothes or formal evening duds. → Read More
The best Apple Watch alternatives: Fitness trackers and smartwatches for Android users
The best Apple Watch alternatives put the focus on your specific interests. Match your style whether it's gym clothes or formal evening duds. → Read More
What does the red fox say?
Have you ever heard fox sounds at night? A fox scream or a fox bark? Red fox noises in particular come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, so let's get familiar with them before you mistake one for a ghost or a dog. → Read More
For polar bears contending with climate change, it’s ‘survival of the fattest’
Researchers have found that as a result of climate change and a reduced hunting season, it’s the fattest polar bears that survive the year. → Read More
Can I Have A Pet Fox?
Foxes do not make good pets, it's only legal to own them in a handful of states, and domesticated ones can only be imported from a facility in Siberia. → Read More
The World's Only Known White Gorilla Was The Result Of Incest
How the world's only known white gorilla came to be. → Read More
Experiment: Look At Pictures Of Cute Baby Animals To Improve Your Concentration
A Japanese study suggests looking at cute animal pics can help your concentration. We've thoughtfully provided some so you can test that out for yourself. → Read More
FYI: Why Are There No Native Monkeys In North America?
If only they had developed monkey boats. Tiny little monkey boats! Oh man I wish they had monkey boats. → Read More
Find A Blue Chicken Egg? Congrats, Your Chicken Has A Virus
Not necessarily harmful! But just so you know. → Read More
The World's Fastest Dog Vs. The World's Fastest Cat [Video]
The cheetah, the world's fastest land animal, can race up to 75 mph for short bursts. The greyhound is the fastest canid, with a peak speed of about 43 mph. Cool facts! Now let's watch them run in super slow motion. → Read More
These Massive Extinct Eagles Could Have Carried Off That Toddler's Dad
Sure, a golden eagle can theoretically snag a baby. But the Haast's eagle hunted 12-foot-tall monster birds. → Read More
Trapped In A Bear Trap And Shot In The Body: The Story Of A Minnesota Wolf
A wolf--maybe--has bitten a teenaged camper in Minnesota, in what could be the first wolf attack ever recorded in the lower 48 states. → Read More
FYI: How Much Cocaine Can You Fit In Your, Ahem, Body?
Drug Week The first thing you learn, when investigating drug muling, is that muling is a very common and efficient way of transporting contraband. The second thing you learn is that you have no idea how elastic the gastrointestinal tract is. There are two kinds of mules. The first is long-term; these are the ones that fly from another country and need to keep whatever they’re smuggling inside… → Read More
This Scary Giant Black Jellyfish Is Stinging Swimmers In Southern California
It's got a three-foot bell and a whopping 20-foot-long body. Eeeep. → Read More
Will A Chicken That's Fed Lemons Taste Like Lemons?
A recent New York Times story looked into the high-end chicken market. These are chickens in stark contrast to factory chickens, fed with produce that’s out of the price range of most humans. David Burke, one of New York City’s most prominent chefs (he runs Fishtail, David Burke Townhouse, David Burke Kitchen, and several others, was a contestant on Top Chef Masters, and, um, has a line of… → Read More
6 Animals Older Than The World's Oldest Woman
6 Animals Older Than The World’s Oldest Woman A Japanese woman has been recognized as the oldest woman on the planet, at age 114. Very impressive! But these six animals would scoff at a mere 114-year-old. By Dan Nosowitz February 28, 2013 → Read More
How The Turtle Got Its Shell
Pictured: a turtle with a really cool shell. → Read More
Which Animal Has The Most Extreme Sense of Hearing?
You might be surprised at the answer! Or you might not. I don't know your depth of knowledge of animal sensory organs. → Read More
These Are The 100 Most Endangered Species In The World
The most endangered species on the planet might come as a surprise. → Read More
We're Losing The Battle Against Wild Pigs
From Berlin to Mississippi, feral pigs are proving to be one of the most efficient and dangerous invasive species ever known. Smart, industrious, voracious and omnivorous eaters, they reproduce quickly and destroy everything in their path. Modern Farmer has a lovely feature up on the menace--and yes, it is a menace. "The issue is as serious as swine flu," says Modern Farmer. → Read More