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Orca Cares For Pilot Whale Calf in Never Before Seen Behavior
Scientists studying orcas off the west coast of Iceland...
‘It’s Bananas’: James Webb Telescope Finds Six Galaxies That Challenge Current Understanding
A group of scientists trawling through the original batch...
‘It’s Their Eyes’: Intimate Snow Leopard Pic Wins Wildlife Photo Contest
Photographs like the one above don't come easily —...
‘Beyond Belief’: Massive Fin Whale Pod Sighting Prompts Fishing Scrutiny
On a January 2022 morning in the Southern Ocean,...
Frogo Baggins: Scientists Name New Amphibian After J.R.R. Tolkien
When scientists surveying a stream in Rio Negro-Sopladora National...
Dildo, Pestle, or Torture Tool? Historians Ponder Uses Of Ancient Roman Phallus
Historians taking a closer look at a 2,000-year-old "darning...
A Dolomites’ Dozen: Italian Solo-Traverses 12 Peaks In 3 Days
Simon Gietl has once again proved himself a master...
Ancient Sumerian Palace Discovered in Iraq
A 4,500-year-old palace from the Kingdom of Lagash unearthed...
French Kite Skier Prepares to Solo Northwest Passage
French "professional explorer and crazy dad" Loury Lag has...
Black Holes Harness Dark Energy To Grow The Universe: Study
Sometimes, scientific theories sound like the most absurd of...
One, Two, Skip a Few: Japanese Government Recounts Islands, Finds 7,000 More
Thirty-five years ago, the government of Japan counted 6,852...
Teen Becomes Youngest Person to Cycle from Alaska to Argentina
Liam Garner was 17 when he stood at Prudhoe...
Watch Adam Ondra Scream His Way Up the Second-Hardest Climb of His Life
I’d think I would have gotten tired of watching...
Do Trees Really Network Via a ‘Wood-Wide Web’?
The idea that trees communicate and share resources via...
Asteroid Flares Out in Spectacular Light Show Over Northern Europe
Observers in northern Europe got quite a treat early...
Watch Part of the Sun Break Off and Swirl Around in a Vortex
These are delicate, stressful times, and I know that...
Weekend Warm-Up: Watch Old-School Climbing Go Wrong in ‘The Last Blue Mountain’
This is neither an endorsement nor a condemnation, but...
Jorge Diaz-Rullo Joins Tiny Cadre of Climbers Who’ve Sent 9b+
It’s a minimal coterie in the 9b+ club.
Since Adam...
Ice Climber Who Fell Into Lake Superior Presumed Dead; Search Suspended
Authorities have presumed that James Bake, of Gaylord, Mich.,...
Where Ski Mountaineering Meets Trad Climbing: Epic Routes in Rio Negro, Argentina
Athlete Colter Hinchliffe combines skimo, trad, and freeriding in...
Cazzanelli and Partners ‘Dream’ Up New Route in Italian Alps
The alpinist’s defining challenge is to confront the impossible....
160Kg Monster Penguin Once Roamed New Zealand
In 2017, a churning tide cracked open 57-million-year-old boulders...
Tom Cruise Seeks Permit to Film Next ‘Mission: Impossible’ in Svalbard
Everybody knows how much Tom Cruise loves to run...
