Natural History
Remarkably Adaptive Bird Loses Ability to Fly, Then Evolves Wings Again, Then Becomes Flightless a 2nd Time
At some point hundreds of thousands of years ago,...
Strange Dr. Seuss-Like Tree Discovered in Canadian Quarry
Weird, bushy, top-heavy tree fossils found in a Canadian...
New Dinosaur Marks Second ‘Chicken from Hell’
When Kyle Atkins-Weltman bought some fossils online for one...
Australian Atlantis Could Have Hosted Half a Million Migrants
For generations, Australian scientists thought their country’s ancient coasts...
‘Giganto,’ Largest Primate Ever, Died From Climate Change
What could take down a prehistoric ape the size...
The Surprise Origin of Multiple Sclerosis in Europe
A flight of studies one genetic researcher called a...
Natural Wonders: The World’s Oldest Moss
Eons ago, Earth experienced a succession of chaotic events:...
Iron Oxide in Ancient Bricks Reveal Strange History of Earth’s Electromagnetic Field
The Earth's magnetic field surged mysteriously in Mesopotamia (modern-day...
Natural Wonders: When Trees Fuse and Flourish as One
Ecologist Suzanne Simard famously says that trees are "social...
Natural Wonders: China’s Egg-Laying Cliff
For centuries, the Sui people of China’s Guizhou province...
‘Bone Biographies’ Show Lives of Ordinary People in Medieval England
Bones from Cambridge, England have revealed the surprisingly detailed...
Natural Wonders: Why Are There no Cold-Blooded Mammals?
We divide the animal kingdom into two camps: warm-blooded...
Shark Attack Survivor Mike Coots Became a Shark Advocate
BY ALEXANDER HARO
This story originally appeared in The Inertia.
When...
Bonobos Often ‘Make Friends’ With Strangers
For the first time, researchers witnessed wild bonobos making...
Ancient Headhunting Massacre of Women and Children in China
Researchers have unearthed a mass grave in China containing...
Woolly Rhino Genome Reconstructed From Ancient Hyena Poo
We know of two species of Ice Age woolly...
After Two Years, ‘Britain’s Loneliest Sheep’ Finally Rescued
In the UK, a very lonely ewe named Fiona...
Earth’s Mantle Contains Alien Matter, Study Finds
When a giant body plunged into the primordial Earth...
