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10,566 stories · 140 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20261,110 stories
Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations↗ github.com · HN · 267 comments · 2390 points · Sep 15, 2026
Creepy Crawlies↗ people.kernel.org · HN · 710 comments · 1390 points · Aug 29, 2026
Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers↗ bbc.com · HN · 282 comments · 439 points · Apr 10, 2026
Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat↗ bbc.com · HN · 133 comments · 490 points · Apr 07, 2026
iNaturalist↗ inaturalist.org · HN · 135 comments · 534 points · Apr 03, 2026
20251,418 stories
Jane Goodall has died↗ latimes.com · HN · 185 comments · 1302 points · Oct 01, 2025
Merlin Bird ID↗ merlin.allaboutbirds.org · HN · 215 comments · 637 points · Jun 04, 2025
Owls in Towels↗ owlsintowels.org · HN · 98 comments · 770 points · May 26, 2025
The Llama 4 herd↗ ai.meta.com · HN · 658 comments · 1235 points · Apr 05, 2025
Animals Made from 13 Circles (2016)↗ dorithegiant.com · HN · 108 comments · 662 points · Apr 02, 2025
20241,671 stories
Biological Miracle – Wood Frog↗ nps.gov · HN · 139 comments · 505 points · Nov 15, 2024
Crows are even smarter than we thought↗ nautil.us · HN · 287 comments · 506 points · Aug 30, 2024
Sir, there's a cat in your mirror dimension↗ lcamtuf.substack.com · HN · 71 comments · 463 points · May 14, 2024
Cow Magnets↗ stanfordmagnets.com · HN · 172 comments · 460 points · Apr 09, 2024
Why flying insects gather at artificial light↗ nature.com · HN · 173 comments · 440 points · Jan 30, 2024
20231,627 stories
How we turned the tide in the roach wars↗ theatlantic.com · HN · 233 comments · 337 points · Dec 27, 2023
Reindeer sleep and eat simultaneously↗ smithsonianmag.com · HN · 61 comments · 153 points · Dec 27, 2023
What are farm animals thinking?↗ science.org · HN · 205 comments · 163 points · Dec 26, 2023
How many legs do ten elephants have, if two of them are legless?↗ bard.google.com · HN · 137 comments · 198 points · Dec 25, 2023
Orchid without bumblebee on island finds wasp, loses self↗ kobe-u.ac.jp · HN · 2 comments · 50 points · Dec 21, 2023
20221,533 stories
Another scientific body has debunked bitemark analysis↗ radleybalko.substack.com · HN · 236 comments · 406 points · Oct 20, 2022
Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs↗ experimentalhistory.substack.com · HN · 348 comments · 742 points · Sep 07, 2022
Cats learn the names of their friend cats in their daily lives↗ nature.com · HN · 219 comments · 386 points · May 16, 2022
Two weeks later David Bennett is alive, his pig’s heart beating soundly↗ irishtimes.com · HN · 491 comments · 458 points · Jan 26, 2022
UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows↗ openculture.com · HN · 194 comments · 470 points · Jan 10, 2022
20211,658 stories
The World's Deadliest Thing↗ the-angry-chef.com · HN · 222 comments · 566 points · Nov 22, 2021
Moths in slow motion [video]↗ aeon.co · HN · 119 comments · 635 points · Oct 07, 2021
Why wild foxes led you to treasure in Skyrim↗ twitter.com · HN · 217 comments · 613 points · Aug 19, 2021
Please, enough with the dead butterflies (2017)↗ emilydamstra.com · HN · 210 comments · 614 points · Jul 25, 2021
The Animal Is Tired↗ robinhobb.com · HN · 426 comments · 1299 points · May 09, 2021
20201,549 stories
Bongo Cat↗ bongo.cat · HN · 190 comments · 1348 points · Oct 23, 2020
Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute↗ statnews.com · HN · 377 comments · 679 points · Sep 24, 2020
Why Birds Can Fly over Mount Everest↗ nautil.us · HN · 96 comments · 454 points · Jun 25, 2020
Show HN: Fraidycat↗ fraidyc.at · HN · 150 comments · 807 points · Mar 11, 2020
An ant colony has memories its individual members don’t have (2019)↗ aeon.co · HN · 152 comments · 484 points · Jan 16, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations↗ github.com · HN · 267 comments · 2390 points · Sep 15, 2026
The first new cat species discovered in 100 years↗ nationalgeographic.com · HN · 148 comments · 379 points · Sep 17, 2026
Creepy Crawlies↗ people.kernel.org · HN · 710 comments · 1390 points · Aug 29, 2026
Finally, A True Blue Rose Exists↗ sciencenews.org · HN · 38 comments · 96 points · Sep 25, 2026
Pandas Should Go Extinct↗ eddie.codes · HN · 101 comments · 194 points · Sep 12, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations↗ github.com · HN · 267 comments · 2390 points · Sep 15, 2026
Creepy Crawlies↗ people.kernel.org · HN · 710 comments · 1390 points · Aug 29, 2026
The first new cat species discovered in 100 years↗ nationalgeographic.com · HN · 148 comments · 379 points · Sep 17, 2026
Pandas Should Go Extinct↗ eddie.codes · HN · 101 comments · 194 points · Sep 12, 2026
Lion-man↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 86 comments · 148 points · Aug 29, 2026
Finally, A True Blue Rose Exists↗ sciencenews.org · HN · 38 comments · 96 points · Sep 25, 2026
Ctenophores: Wonders of Biology↗ quantamagazine.org · HN · 26 comments · 85 points · Sep 17, 2026
A Million Falcons Went Missing. Here’s How They Were Found↗ nationalgeographic.com · HN · 34 comments · 78 points · Sep 02, 2026
Do birds have accents? the regional differences in birdsong↗ theconversation.com · HN · 16 comments · 75 points · Sep 20, 2026
T. Rex Had a Body Temperature of 97°F↗ nytimes.com · HN · 124 comments · 71 points · Sep 17, 2026

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