If you’re in the market for a low-cost, low-maintenance, low-commitment but high-interest pet, you can’t do better than triops. What are triops? Also known as tadpole shrimp, triops are a kind of ...

My son ended up with a multi-activity science kit - magic rocks, magic sand, etc. The coolest thing by far to come out of the kit was "prehistoric sea monsters", aka triops longicaudatus. Read the ...