We explore rare atmospheric phenomena and explain how animals can sometimes appear to “fall from the sky” during storms.

Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by the Ebbinghaus illusion, a classic example of how context can shape what we ...

It’s spring, and cats are falling out of windows. In New York City, at Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, feline high-rise syndrome — defined as a fall from a height of two or more stories — is one of ...