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Meet the new fish named after Barack Obama (and the ones for Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and Al Gore)
Etheostoma obama, the spangled darter, was secretly spawned in Kenya.
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Forget everything you’re doing and just daydream about jumping on this 170-foot-long trampoline in a forest
Maybe all sidewalks should be trampolines?
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Watch an escaped baby zebra run amok on Staten Island
Unfortunately for Razzi, he is a super-cute baby zebra, which means he attracted quite a lot of attention and was caught too quickly for anyone to even set up an @EscapedBabyZebra parody Twitter account.
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The Navy is laying off most of its trained spy-dolphins
A few have to stick around and like, look for mines and stuff. Sucks.
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Pasture blazed: How more wildfires could result in less grass-fed meat
As the charbroiled western states cool down for the winter, ranchers are bracing themselves for year-round fire risk. Here's what that means for the meat on our plates.
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Wrecking Thanksgiving: Survey of 18 major environmental organizations finds total ignorance of climate science
Who wants to talk about climate on a holiday, especially Thanksgiving, when the spirit is generous and food inviting? Not me, I don’t generally volunteer to discuss the matter outside of activist circles; who wants to be a wet blanket, especially on a holiday? It is noteworthy, then, that climate was a topic of conversation […]
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Not only can this jellyfish live forever, it has a theme song
The scientist in Japan who's dedicated his life to studying the jellies has found celebrity as the superhero Mr. Immortal Jellyfish Man.
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My grandma, the fracking matriarch
How the author uncovered his secret identity as a would-be oil tycoon.
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Help Grist thwart an evil plan
Would you give just five bucks to bulwark Grist's indispensable green news against a villainous threat?
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Baby lion comes to the office, eats up everyone’s hearts
It is possible I have been working in the wrong offices.
