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Paleontology & Fossils Dec 27, 2023

Unusual ancient elephant tracks had our team of fossil experts stumped—how we solved the mystery

Over the past 15 years, through our scientific study of tracks and traces, we have identified more than 350 fossil vertebrate tracksites from South Africa's Cape south coast. Most are found in cemented sand dunes, called ...

Astronomy Jan 31, 2023

New time lapse video shows 12 years of exoplanets orbiting their star

In 2008, HR8799 was the first extrasolar planetary system ever directly imaged. Now, the famed system stars in its very own video.

Planetary Sciences Jan 26, 2023

These five spectacular impact craters on Earth highlight our planet's wild history

I think all craters are cool, I'm just going to start with that. I am very biased.

Paleontology & Fossils Jan 25, 2023

New geosciences study shows Triassic fossils that reveal origins of living amphibians

The smallest of newly found fossils can upend what paleontologists know about our history.

Ecology Aug 16, 2022

The first farmed Chesapeake salmon versus the last of its sturgeon? Proposed Eastern Shore fish farm stirring concern

Could the Maryland's first farmed salmon be a threat to the last of its sturgeon?

Earth Sciences Oct 18, 2021

Did the Earth tip on its side 84 million years ago?

Hold on to your hats, because scientists have found more evidence that Earth tips over from time to time. We know that the continents are moving slowly due to plate tectonics, but continental drift only pushes the tectonic ...

Plants & Animals Sep 16, 2021

Fossil bird with fancy tail feathers shows that sometimes, it's survival of the sexiest

If you had to describe a male peacock's tail feathers, you might pick words like "dazzling" or "beautiful." You probably wouldn't go with "stealthy," "aerodynamic," or "subtle." Peacock tails are just one example of how evolution ...

Plants & Animals Mar 4, 2021

Horny toads are disappearing. Can they be saved?

The legend goes something like this: In 1897, the good people of Eastland, Texas, put a time capsule in the cornerstone of the courthouse being built downtown. In went a Bible, some newspapers, a bottle of whiskey.

Paleontology & Fossils Dec 14, 2020

New dinosaur showed descendants how to dress to impress

Scientists have found the most elaborately dressed-to-impress dinosaur ever described and say it sheds new light on how birds such as peacocks inherited their ability to show off.

General Physics Oct 6, 2020

3 scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole research

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for establishing the all-too-weird reality of black holes—the straight-out-of-science-fiction cosmic monsters that suck up light and time and will eventually swallow ...

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