As ICR previously reported, more Americans are enjoying birdwatching as other recreational opportunities are reduced by pandemic politics.¹ Of more importance than mere recreation, of course, birdwatching provides opportunities to admire and appreciate how God has gifted diverse birds to “be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.”¹

Chinese researchers recently reported on venomous toxins of the giant jellyfish. They revealed that this aquatic creature mixes a “cocktail” of toxins to produce stinging agony and sometimes death unto its victims.^1,2

Pangolins just received an odd form of political protection.¹

Found in southeast Asia and Africa, these creatures look like a cross between a Texas armadillo and an aardvark anteater.² (When Spanish conquistadores encountered armadillos in Texas, they called them “pigs wearing armor” but soon learned to eat them.)

An ancient city found deep in a Central American rainforest yields a surprising discovery.

Scientists from China, Sweden, and Australia have discovered what they claim is the oldest known parasite, publishing their results in Nature Communications.¹ The evidence comes from small tube-shaped objects attached to the shells of the host brachiopods.² Scientists speculate that these tubes contained some sort of parasitic worm.