Rescued lions and tigers leave Argentine zoo for sanctuaries abroad
LUJAN, Argentina (AP) — Thirty lions and tigers that were kept alive — barely — for years in…
Pluto’s sky is blue, chunks of its water-ice mountains float like icebergs across glaciers of frozen nitrogen, and its moon is so large that the two worlds orbit a point in empty space between them — yet Pluto still hasn’t completed a single trip around the Sun since humans discovered it in 1930.
A visitor descending towards Pluto would meet contradictions before reaching the ground. Above lies a blue atmospheric haze,…
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s coast
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, damaging buildings and homes, and…
The Tarantula That Lost Its Fire
Some of the best science stories start with a puzzle nobody expected. This one begins in the Large…
30 big cats are prepared to be transported from Argentina to South Africa and the United States
A global animal welfare organization initiated the relocation of 30 big cats from the former Zoo Luján in…
Ornithologists Discover New Bird Species in Brazil
A previously unrecognized species of the antthrush genus Chamaeza has been discovered in the isolated highland rainforests of…
Colombia grapples with rebuilding nation after deadly earthquake
As the search for survivors in the rubble of a devastating earthquake winds down, Colombia faces another challenge:…
‘Strap yourself in and feel the Gs’: NASA announces ‘Max Power’ aerospace expo
NASA will hold a two-day aerospace exposition this November, and it may draw a surprising number of “Simpsons”…
Timmy the Turtle Was Swimming in Circles Before the Coast Guard and Doctors Came to Her Rescue
What Happened to Timmy? “We have some theories,” says Bette Zirkelbach, manager at the Turtle Hospital. Initially, doctors…
Water and Dust Found Surviving near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
Using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found that IRS 3 — a bloated giant…
Te Puke orchardist Simon Cook reflects on Psa and future biosecurity risks
Cook, who was based near the Te Puke farm where Psa was first detected, was contracted by the…
Rocket Lab, Amazon Win Space Force Contracts. SpaceX Closes Cursor Deal.
The Space Force on Thursday doled out new defense contracts to help build out the Space Data Network.…