Flick on the kitchen lights and the scuttling legs and antennae of cockroaches on the countertops can live up to your worst nightmares, but these pests don’t just cause the heebie jeebies. They can contaminate your food, transmit dangerous bacteria, and worst of all, survive even the best-intentioned eradication attempts. Luckily it’s possible to shut …

Every day, we feature an image chosen from thousands submitted to our photo community, Your Shot. Here are some highlights from January. TAKE A PEAK Your Shot photographer Saulius Damulevicius snapped this picture of Camp 2 while descending Ama Dablam, a mountain in the Himalayas. With its peak reaching 22,349 feet in elevation, Ama Dablam …

Time is one of those things that can’t be seen. But as it passes, everything changes rapidly, whether it’s a person, an animal, or a thing. Everything in our world depends on time, and everyone wants to know: why does it run faster when we want it to slow down, yet when we want it …

1 This pony working up the courage to jump this tiny step is everything. pic.twitter.com/cTS30cN99S — Naomi Kyle (@NaomiKyle) January 24, 2018 2 Scariest dog I’ve ever seen 😬💀😂 pic.twitter.com/cLuM4FjBxG — Jamie Underwood (@Jamieunderrwood) January 15, 2018 3 Shout out to #stubbysquid, you just keep being super chill and adorable ok pic.twitter.com/b6oWgEpsiX — Rebecca Wilde …

Last summer, a couple contacted 27-year-old Parisian photographer Roxy Hervé on social media with a simple, intriguing request: Would she be willing to step into their apartment and photograph them in bed? Hervé agreed. The experience was so fulfilling, the photographer turned it into a photo series called “Lovers,” which captures couples in various states …