Mexican devotees honor the folk saint Santa Muerte—a scythe-carrying skeleton—each month, though the Catholic Church links the saint to black magic and Satanism.
Yes, say water experts, who cite droughts and competition as reasons why recycled sewage is already being used in California and other parts of the developed world.
Despite its species' fearsome reputation, the colossal squid was likely sluggish and would have been filled with thousands of glowing babies, said a scientist who dissected her.
Forty thousand costumed revelers took to the streets in Tokushima, Japan, where some dancers emulate "drunken fools" in remembrance of a sake-infused 15th-century celebration.
A starving humpback whale calf—apparently orphaned and trying to suckle yachts near Sydney, Australia, for the past several days—will likely be euthanized, according to scientists.
All mammals—including humans—likely have tiny sensors at the tip of their noses that pick up chemical warnings sent by fellow animals in distress, a mouse study says.
And it's a good thing, the report says—despite the health risks associated with the use of raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland.
