About 100 million years ago, in Maryland, USA, where the Goddard Space Flight Center is now, there was a swamp. Today, there is a complex of office buildings in this place, but in 2012, amateur paleontologist Ray Stanford found a fragment of iron-coated sandstone in this area. His attention was drawn to a track left there by a herbivorous dinosaur.

We recently wrote about the return of metal mushroom ants to the facade of our Center, paying tribute to Prof. Janusz Wojtusiak - a passionate enthusiast of these extraordinary insects. Today we want to bring you closer to their fascinating world, which delighted him so much!

Today, against all odds, we dare to state the thesis: love is dead - only reproduction counts! 😆 Below you will find 10 examples of total "anti-romanticists" in the animal world, animals that do not waste time on love, but focus on producing offspring.

Gorillas are the largest modern apes, closely related to humans – we share 98% of our genes with them. Their evolutionary lineage diverged from chimpanzees and Homo sapiens about 10 million years ago. The name "gorilla" comes from the Greek word for "hairy woman" – the first mention is attributed to the Carthaginian navigator Hannoni from the 5th century BC. The species was not scientifically described until the 19th century.

A month ago we wrote about autumn butterflies and their connection with the warming climate, and here we have January and the first observations of this year!