Scientists have found an ancient hidden river in Antarctica, preserved for 30 million years. Credit: GRID-Arendal / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0Scientists have uncovered evidence of an ancient river in Antarctica, revealing a vast and remarkably preserved landscape buried under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet for n
Thinning sea ice around Antarctica. Credit: Jason Auch / CC BY 2.0A dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice has been linked to an unusual and still-unexplained rise in ocean salt levels, raising new concerns about the stability of Earth’s climate system.Sea ice around the southern continent began shri
China successfully clones a yak in a major breakthrough for high-altitude farming. Credit: ventdroit / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0Scientists in China have announced the successful birth of a cloned yak, in what they claim to be a major scientific step in livestock breeding. The calf, delivered by caesarean sect
Partial dinosaur bone recovered from the scientific core, drilled 763 feet below the surface of the Museum’s parking lot. Credit: Rick Wicker / Denver Museum of Nature & ScienceA fossilized dinosaur bone has been discovered beneath the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, turning
The extinct giant moa in the Auckland Museum. Credit: Auckland Museum Collections / CC BY 2.0A biotech company based in the United States, says it will attempt to bring back the South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus), a towering flightless bird that went extinct in New Zealand around 600 years a
A python kills and swallows a man in a deadly encounter. Credit: Deepugn / CC BY-SA 3.0A man in a remote village in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, was found dead inside a giant python after he failed to return home from tending livestock. The 61-year-old farmer, La Noti, was attacked and killed by t
A new study reveals giant bodies of sand buried beneath the North Sea. Credit: Christian Kortum / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0Scientists have identified giant bodies of sand buried deep below the North Sea—structures so vast and unusual that they are challenging long-held views about how layers beneath Earth’s s
Study shows alpha male myth is debunked as power shifts between sexes in primates. Credit: Giles Laurent / CC BY-SA 4.0A new study is challenging long-held beliefs about dominance in the animal kingdom, revealing that the image of the powerful “alpha male” is far from universal among primates. The r
Haris Doukas signs the Blue Cities Manifesto, as Alexandra Cousteau stands by. Credit: Municipality of AthensIn a landmark move for ocean regeneration and urban resilience, Athens has become the inaugural city to sign the “Blue Cities Manifesto,” officially joining the “Blue Cities Alliance.”This gl
Speculative reconstruction of Eotephradactylus. Credit: Brian Engh / Public domainScientists have identified a new species of flying reptile in Arizona that lived more than 200 million years ago, making it the oldest known of its kind ever discovered in North America.The fossil, a partial jawbone, w