Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Scientists Find Glowing Arctic Fish With Antifreeze In Its Veins
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In 2019, the American Museum of Natural History sent a team of scientists to Greenland to explore what lies beneath iceberg habitats as part of the Constan...
Aug 19, 2022

How Ripley’s Came To Acquire A Mammoth Nipple
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Over the past few years, many incredible discoveries have been made permitting us to reconstruct the daily lives of Ice Age mammoths. These include researc...
Aug 18, 2022

That Time A Scientist Dug Secret Tunnels Under D.C. For Exercise
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! In 1924, a delivery truck fell victim to a crack in Earth's foundation right behind Pelham Courts in Washington, D.C., submerging slightly into the ground ...
Aug 17, 2022

Upside-down Lightning In Oklahoma Most Powerful Ever Recorded
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Located smack dab in the middle of Tornado Alley is Oklahoma, a state infamous for wild weather. The state has about 60 days of thunderstorms annually and ...
Aug 16, 2022

Astronomers Plan To Go Magnet Fishing For Meteorite
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! There's something fishy in the Pacific, and it doesn't have gills. Astronomers are ditching the skies for the seas in hopes of hooking a meteorite from bey...
Aug 12, 2022

The Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Saved 1,200 Lost Varieties
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Rescuing more than 1,200 lost varieties of apples isn't for the faint of heart. It requires meticulous organization, persistence, and research methods that...
Aug 11, 2022

Billions Of Fireflies Synchronize In A Rare, Dazzling Light Show
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Many of us have been wowed by spectacular fireworks this summer. But have you ever seen billions of fireflies light up the night sky? Photographer Sriram M...
Aug 10, 2022

Up Close & Peculiar With Sideshow Gaffs
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Up Close & Peculiar More than 100 years ago, the globetrotting Robert Ripley began collecting artifacts from his journeys around the world, which today...
Aug 09, 2022

Scientists Grow Mouse Embryos Without Sperm Or Eggs
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! If you received a "birds and bees" talk as a kid or paid attention in biology class, you've got a pretty good idea of how babies are made - no stork or cab...
Aug 09, 2022

What Are The Odds? Ripley’s Rescues Another Orange Lobster
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Earlier this month, internet-beloved orange lobster, Cheddar, was rescued from a Red Lobster restaurant in Hollywood, Florida, by Ripley's Aquarium of Myrt...
Aug 08, 2022