Boston Scott defied the NFL odds. After playing in a mid-major conference at Louisiana Tech, the 5-foot-6 running back made the leap to pro football when the Philadelphia Eagles selected him in the ...

Scott Pilgrim EX is a game about the past. It’s a beat ‘em up revival based on a 2010 video game adaptation (which released alongside the film of the same name that year) of a graphic novel (which ...

Scott Pilgrim EX is a palatable fresh helping of retro beatdown goodness, but it's too brief and easygoing to deliver more fun than its inspirations or its best contemporaries. PC Gamer's got your ...

After more than three years of work, the Safari Park’s new elephant habitat is set to open to the public Thursday, providing visitors up-close viewing of the park’s herd of eight endangered African ...

“Unrestricted funds of this size are beyond the ordinary,” a spokesperson for Howard University, to which Scott donated $80 million, told Forbes. Scott has become one of four of the country’s top 25 ...

After eight years representing the 34th District in the Illinois General Assembly, Rep. Nick Smith decided he will not seek reelection this year. Instead, Aja Kearney and Cleopatra Cowley are poised ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Friday that its less than 2-week-old female Asian elephant has been named Linh Mai, Vietnamese for spirit blossom. The 308-pound calf was the first elephant ...

The Asian elephant calf that was born to female Asian elephant Nhi Linh on Feb. 2, 2026 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. (Courtesy Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...

This Far South Side and south suburban seat is open thanks to the retirement of Rep. Nick Smith, who’s represented the district since 2018. Running are two Democrats, Aja Kearney, most recently ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...

The list of feats Andrew Schulz has witnessed an elephant perform with its trunk is as long as, well, an elephant’s trunk. These powerful proboscises are strong enough to push over 900 pound trees and ...

Watching an elephant forage for roots to eat reveals just how strong yet sensitive its trunk is. An elephant’s more than 40,000 trunk muscles can upend trees and follow it up with gently collecting ...