‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country | US wildfires
In a normal year, the vast grasslands that roll across the American Great Plains would be starting to…
NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon
Having demonstrated that it has the operational capability to transport humans safely to the moon and back, the…
Photographer Reflects on Epic Career Capturing Great White Sharks on ’60 Minutes’
Wildlife photographer Chris Fallows, known for his striking images of great white sharks in False Bay, spoke with…
UNM astronomers reveal always-changing multi-planet system
Astronomers at The University of New Mexico have published new research confirming three bodies orbiting the dynamic exoplanet…
Satellite captures the first high-resolution look at a giant tsunami
When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake ripped through the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone on July 29, 2025, it launched a…
Solar wind travels up to 4 times faster than expected, eclipse spacecraft reveals
Solar wind in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, flows up to four times faster than scientists had thought,…
Brazil’s Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Return to Rio After 200 Years: ‘A dream come true’
A blue and yellow macaw in Jurong National Park, credit – Luc Viatour, CC 2.0. In Rio de…
A Hundred Thousand Years Ago, Humans and Neanderthals Built a Shared Culture in This Cave
Artistic depiction of an ancient Neanderthal around a campfire. Humans and Neanderthals not only coexisted and interbred, but…
Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought | Oceans
The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found…
Interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS is spraying tons of water into space every second. Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE discovers
The interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS is spraying enough water into space to fill 70 Olympic swimming pools each…
This tentacled giant can grow as long as a cricket bat. Tens of thousands are about to gather in South Australia
The world’s largest cuttlefish – the aptly named giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama) – can grow to the length of…
Can naked mole rats peacefully hand over power?
April 15, 2026 Can naked mole rats peacefully hand over power? Salk Institute researchers discover that, contrary to…