Underwater drones find Benin coral reef long presumed dead, and it’s teeming with life
A coral reef off the coast of Benin that scientists had long assumed was dead has been found…
Biosecurity measures at Oamaru’s little penguin colony to prevent the spread of deadly bird flu strain now in New Zealand – ODT
Biosecurity measures at Oamaru’s little penguin colony to prevent the spread of deadly bird flu strain now in…
The James Webb Space Telescope is parked a million miles from Earth and runs on less power than a household kettle — and its deployment sequence had 344 single points of failure, any one of which could have ended the mission
The James Webb Space Telescope is often described by what it can see: galaxies forming near the dawn…
This Week In Space LIVE — The Viking Mars landings 50 years later
This Week in Space 220 – YouTube Watch On Hey, Space Fans! Every weekend here at Space.com, you…
Japan’s monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of birthday messages as he turns 1 on Sunday
ICHIKAWA, Japan — Punch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people’s hearts by clinging…
How does a pond in Antarctica sitting at minus 50 degrees refuse to freeze, year after year, while everything around it is solid ice?
The short answer is salt. The more interesting answer is that Don Juan Pond is barely a pond…
Connected under the Milky Way: new exhibition shares Indigenous astronomical knowledge from Australia to South Africa | Indigenous Australians
Carlleen Dingo’s earliest memories are of looking up at the inky black skies above Australia’s north-west coastline, awash…
Rare, well-preserved snake fossil offers new insight into millions of years of evolution
As the West continues to feel the heat, some animals are pushing into human residences for resources. Dr.…
Former newsreader and big cat conservationist Gillian van Houten dies
Gillian van Houten, one of South Africa’s most recognisable news presenters and a former SABC newsreader during the…
A female shark can reproduce with no male at all: a process called parthenogenesis, first confirmed when a captive female housed for years without males produced a pup carrying only its mother’s DNA
Three female bonnethead sharks shared a tank at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, with no male…
The Universe can outrun light without breaking Einstein’s rules
An expanding universe makes measuring distance more complicated because space does not remain fixed while light travels through…
US scientists find cleaner way to separate rare earths using minerals
Rare earth elements power everything from electric vehicle motors and wind turbines to MRI scanners and smartphones. However,…