Skygazing Spectacular: Aurora Trivia
Auroras are brilliant displays of light visible in the night sky, caused by electromagnetic disturbances created by solar wind. The most well …
Skygazing Spectacular: Asteroid Hunt
Asteroids are rocky bodies of leftover space rubble that were created 4.6 billion years ago when our solar system formed. They come …
Skygazing Spectacular: Accuracy Meteor Showers
It’s time to begin our competition with Accuracy Happy Hours, so let’s celebrate by setting off some shooting stars! Meteor showers are …
Eyewire’s Skygazing Spectacular!
Hopefully you were able to witness this year’s spectacular solar eclipse! The 2024 solar eclipse was visible across the the US, Canada, …
Update on Eyewire Competition Swag
Hello Eyewirers! Welcome again to 2024. As we kick off this new year, we do need to provide a small update about …
Mammal Mania: Awards
Mammal Mania has come to a close. Thanks to all who participated, let’s take one more look at all you’ve achieved! Here’s to another …
Mammal Mania: Marathon Results
This competition’s marathon definitely took a bit of time to complete, but we are finally at the finish line! Our 1084-cube …
Mammal Mania: Cetacean Marathon
Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals made up of dolphins, whales, and porpoises. Though other mammals, such as the cheetah, are …
Monotremes vs Marsupials: A strange battle
While most mammals are placental, meaning they give birth to live young, these two infraclasses of mammals decided to do things a …
Mammal Mania: Primate Trivia
Intelligence can be measured in a variety of ways, and many highly intelligent mammals from a variety of mammalian orders come out …
Mammal Mania: Carnivora Hunt
The Carnivora mammalian order takes it name from the latin carō ‘flesh’ and vorāre ‘to devour’, referring to animals that eat meat. Most of the animals …
Mammal Mania: Chiroptera Accuracy Happy Hours
Bats are so cool (and abundant) that they get their own animal order – Chiroptera! Bats are the only mammals capable of …