Archaeology
Jun 16, 2022
Old Norse settlers traded walrus ivory with Kyiv
Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007.
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Plants & Animals
Jun 9, 2022
'Fantastic giant tortoise,' believed extinct, confirmed alive in the Galápagos
A tortoise from a Galápagos species long believed extinct has been found alive. The tortoise, named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island home, is the first of her species identified in more than a century.
Other
May 13, 2022
The Loch Ness monster: A modern history
Reports of Loch Ness monster sightings keep coming. The latest report, accompanied by a video, is of a 20–30ft long creature occasionally breaking the water's surface. Although the video clearly shows a moving v-shaped wake ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2022
Unexpected fish and squid found in the Central Arctic Ocean
Single individuals of Atlantic cod and squid occur much further north than previously expected. Scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with research icebreaker Polarstern have found fish and squid ...
Environment
Dec 23, 2021
Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond
Forces profound and alarming are reshaping the upper reaches of the North Pacific and Arctic oceans, breaking the food chain that supports billions of creatures and one of the world's most important fisheries.
Plants & Animals
Nov 26, 2021
Sea lion whiskers can move like human fingertips: here's how we found out
Humans have amazing fingertips. They are sensitive and can be moved over objects to feel its softness, texture, size and shape. These movements are both complex, and "task-specific". This means that you adopt different movements ...
Environment
Nov 6, 2021
EXPLAINER: How warming affects Arctic sea ice, polar bears
Majestic, increasingly hungry and at risk of disappearing, the polar bear is dependent on something melting away on our warming planet: sea ice.
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2021
Pinniped craniofacial musculature provides insight on its role in aquatic feeding
Pinnipeds—a group including seals, sea lions and walruses—are relatively recently derived marine mammals that evolved from terrestrial carnivorans and reentered the marine environment. Their recent adaptations to an amphibious ...
Evolution
Oct 26, 2021
Fossil dental exams reveal how tusks first evolved
A wide variety of animals have tusks, from elephants and walruses to five-pound, guinea pig-looking critters called hyraxes. But one thing tusked animals have in common is that they're all mammals—there are no known fish, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2021
Scientists discover large rift in the Arctic's last bastion of thick sea ice
A new study documents the formation of a 3,000-square-kilometer rift in the oldest and thickest Arctic ice. The area of open water, called a polynya, is the first to be identified in an area north of Ellesmere Island, Canada's ...
