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Legendary Mt. Rainier Guide Lou Whittaker Dies at 95
A Mount Rainier icon has lapsed into the alpenglow.
The...
Birding Controversy: Two Birders Claim 10,000 Species Record on the Same Day
In early February, 70-year-old Peter Kaestner announced he had...
Museum Creates Free Online 3D Scans of 13,000 Vertebrates
The dissection industry just took a major hit.
The Florida...
3,000-Year-Old Bronze-Age Discovery Called the British Pompeii
When a fire broke out in a 3,000-year-old village...
2,000 Earthquakes in a Day Hammer Fault Line Off Pacific Coast
Deep beneath the north Pacific Ocean, a slumbering giant...
Belugas Reshape Their Melon Heads at Will in Secret Language
Want to learn to talk to a beluga? Better...
Common Insect May Hold Key to Invisibility Devices
Could a common backyard insect lead to future invisibility...
Tiny, Venomous Visitors Invade Texas Coast — Don’t Touch
If you’re moderately aware of general outdoor safety, you...
All Sides Battle Over $17 Billion Shipwreck
There might not exist a more highly coveted shipwreck...
We’re Doomed: Watch These Robots Dance to Pop Music
In a terrifying development, a Chinese company has unveiled...
Famed Everest Documentarian David Breashears Dies at 68
The mountaineering community has lost a luminary.
David Breashears died...
Hidden Martian Volcano Taller Than Everest Could Hold Glacier
Astronomers in Houston announced a Texas-sized discovery on the...
Diabetic Rower Dies on Trans-Atlantic Voyage
One long-distance rower set out across the Atlantic Ocean,...
Inside a Powerful Ancient Man’s Tomb: Dozens of Human Sacrifices
A newly discovered tomb in Panama contains a fortune...
Herders Struggle to Survive Deadly Mongolian ‘Dzud’ Winter
Herders in Mongolia are undergoing an unusually harsh winter...
Magnet Fisherman Hauls Rare Viking Sword From English River
Any angler will tell you, you never know what...
Found: World’s Oldest Forest, Which Changed Life Forever
If you were hiking through the world’s oldest forest,...
Breakthrough Draws ‘De-Extinction’ of Mammoth Nearer
Colossal Biosciences announced yesterday that it has created cells...
Slightly Stale: Turkish Loaf Ranks Among World’s Oldest Bread
Ever eat day-old bread? Try 3,147,760-day-old bread.
That's what food...
