Filled with live plants, substrates, and glimmering schools of fish, a perfectly curated aquarium is an awe-inspiring art form. But the best aquarium pets that aren’t fish prove that our finned ...

Dwarf Fortress released its long-awaited Adventure Mode update on January 23, following eight months' worth of beta testing. The new update is available for Steam and Itch.io versions of the game ...

Dwarf Fortress is often called the most complex video game ever made. While that claim is difficult to verify, it can undeniably be quite intimidating to newcomers, with dozens of menus to sort ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.

A Burst of Color in Minimal Space Betta fish captivate with their vibrant hues and manageable care. In compact tanks, they flourish with just once-a-day feeding and weekly partial water changes.

Back in December 2022, I wrote in our Dwarf Fortress review that its Steam release is "a worthy revision of the legendary settlement sim." And I stand by that. But there was something missing ...

Dwarf Fortress is still the champion when it comes to the most in-depth sandbox games on PC, but there’s another side of it that’s just as rich and rewarding, and perhaps even an easier way to ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy.

This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium when they noticed their sunfish was ailing. Almost as soon as the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank ...