Natural History

A ‘Yellow Brick Road’ at the Bottom of the Ocean?

It may not be the brick road to the...

May 16, 2022 Sam Anderson

Science Links of the Week

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May 14, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Natural Wonders: Breathing Forest

Forests are the lungs of the Earth. The little...

May 10, 2022 Kristine De Abreu

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April 30, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Counterpoint: The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Is Almost Certainly Extinct

We recently published a story about North American birding's...

April 29, 2022 Martin Walsh

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Scientists Discover Six Tiny, New Species of Frogs in Mexico

A team of researchers has found six previously unidentified...

April 28, 2022 Jilli Cluff

Ivory-billed woodpecker illustration by Kretschmer and Schmid 1878. Image: Shutterstock

Has the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Escaped Extinction After All?

For many years, American Ivory-billed woodpeckers inhabited the dense...

April 27, 2022 Jilli Cluff

Science Links of the Week

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April 23, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Natural Wonders: Gravity Hills

There are peculiar spots around the world where the...

April 22, 2022 Kristine De Abreu

Natural Wonders: Pingualuit Crater

In the Nunavik region of northern Quebec, not far...

April 21, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Science Links of the Week

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April 16, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Science Links of the Week

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April 10, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Found: A Dinosaur That Died the Day the Asteroid Hit

Archaeologists stationed at a dig site in North Dakota...

April 8, 2022 Jilli Cluff

Natural Wonders: Fairy Chimneys

The volcanic Cappadocia region in Turkey is a sculpture...

April 4, 2022 Kristine De Abreu

Science Links of the Week

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April 2, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Science Links of the Week

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March 26, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Science Links of the Week

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March 20, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Science Links of the Week

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March 12, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Science Links of the Week

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March 5, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Aerial image of the Yilan Crater (at center). Photo: L. Dauphin of NASA Earth Observatory

Humans May Have Watched the Impact That Created This Massive Young Crater

It seems that the further technology stretches toward the...

March 4, 2022 Jilli Cluff

Science Links of the Week

Elks are too smart for their own good: Elk...

February 26, 2022 Rebecca McPhee

Natural Wonders: Microbursts

A microburst is an incredible yet very dangerous phenomenon...

February 21, 2022 Kristine De Abreu

Exploration Mysteries: Crop Circles

Crop circles straddle multiple lines between pseudoscience, folklore, and...

February 16, 2022 Kristine De Abreu

Natural Wonders: Chicama Waves

How exactly do you protect a wave? By prohibiting...

February 13, 2022 Kristine De Abreu

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