A study found that after monitoring mice under the effects of both silence and different types of noise, two hours of silence per day promoted cell growth in the part of the brain that controls memory, emotion and learning.

Bedbugs don’t have wings and they can’t fly or jump. They can, however, live for months without food.

The world’s largest snake, a twenty-six-foot-long, 551 pound reticulated python, was captured at a Malaysian construction site. 

Pigs have the ability to be purposefully manipulative. They’re intelligent enough to pinpoint a weak spot, remember it, and use it to their advantage later on.

The black and white patterned undersides of a humpback whale are distinctive for each whale. The shape and color patterns on their dorsal fins and flukes are like fingerprints for humans.