Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected
A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of…
Researchers Send Twin Photons 7 Kilometers Across Brazil’s Guanabara Bay
Insider Brief Brazilian researchers sent one photon from each twin pair 7 kilometers across Guanabara Bay while detecting…
Watch ‘Africa Earth’s Wild Home’ Trailer for Nat Geo (Exclusive)
Bless the black rain frogs down in Africa. National Geographic series Africa Earth’s Wild Home has captured the…
Scientific study sheds new light on human evolution
Using genealogical relationships in DNA, Berkeley scientists have uncovered hidden contributions from extinct human populations that left no…
The Summer Triangle — 3 stars, 1 seasonal mystery
On clear September evenings, I often find myself looking up just after dusk, expecting the sky to feel…
It has gaping cavernous mouths crammed with sharp teeth and one of the wildest mating strategies in the animal kingdom
This creature goes by several different names: Johnson’s abyssal seadevil, humpback anglerfish and black seadevil anglerfish. None of…
Diverse Forests Adapt Better to Heatwaves and Droughts
How can tree diversity combat climate change? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes…
eROSITA’s Second Data Release Catalog Delivering the Most Comprehensive High-Energy Census of the Cosmos to Date
The eROSITA (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) telescope, the primary instrument aboard the Russian-German Spektr-RG…
Oscar nominee Wunmi Mosaku narrates National Geographic’s new series on Africa
The 7-part series premieres October 2 ByGina Sirico Thursday, September 10, 2026 8:28PM “There’s no place like Africa.”…
Exceptionally Preserved Bird Feathers Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Coprolite
Paleontologists in Montana have discovered remarkably preserved feathers of an ancient aquatic bird inside a fossilized dinosaur dropping,…
Subglacial geology and thermal conditions regulate methane emissions from Svalbard glaciers
Pervasive methane supersaturation in glacial meltwaters Glacial river samples were collected in transects along the length of each…
Goats, rabbits, and rats devastated this New Zealand island. Decades later, nature has returned with native forests and wildlife
An island in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty has made a remarkable ecological recovery after years of damage…