Cory catfish are peaceful by nature and make excellent tank mates for dwarf gouramis due to their calm temperament. They ...

Cherry Barbs Freshwater fish conservationist Lily Hwang is a fan of vibrant red cherry barbs (Puntius titteya). She says ...

The Mekong giant catfish is the official freshwater heavyweight champion of the world. According to the Guinness Book of Records, a nine-foot-long individual caught in northern Thailand in 2005 ...

The cat’s cradle was a tight rail hub. Rescuers had the ultimate catch-and-release experience after saving a monster Mekong River catfish that became trapped inside a flooded train station in ...

I’ve fished for catfish for more than 40 years, and have come to learn that they are very unpredictable. One pond I frequent has channel and bullhead cats. I’ve caught a few while fishing for ...

The brightest star in the nighttime sky, Sirius, or the Dog Star, greatly outshines its white dwarf companion, Sirius B. At 8.6 light-years away, Sirius B is the nearest known white dwarf star to ...

Scientists behind the research think this stellar corpse is actually a monster-sized white dwarf. The discovery raises the question of how the binary's "living" star has managed to survive in ...

Pygmy hippos are an endangered species, and there are less than 3,000 in the wild Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo, has taken over the internet with her cuteness — but her fame has come with a ...

You're about to fall in love. After all, Moo Deng, a 2-month-old female pygmy hippo from the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand, has captured the hearts of just about everyone on the Internet.

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...

Cory Turner reports and edits for the NPR Ed team. He's helped lead several of the team's signature reporting projects, including "The Truth About America's Graduation Rate" (2015), the ...

Chances are that you’ve seen Moo Deng on TikTok. And with good reason. She’s a baby pygmy hippo (an endangered species) living in Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand who is quite adorable.