Endangered monarch butterflies boom amid wet hot Canadian summer on the Prairies
MaryAnn Lepp has never seen so many monarchs go through their magical metamorphosis in her garden — counting…
Harvard reveals $2.2B SpaceX stake after Elon Musk company IPO
SpaceX stock rallies following CEO Elon Musk’s reveal of the new xAI Grok 4.6 model. Siebert Financial CIO…
California river otter suffers brain injury in hit-and-run strike
A wildlife center west of Sacramento is expecting a speedy recovery for a river otter brought in Friday…
Scientists discover remnants of Theia, the planet that collided with Earth 4.5 billion years ago
Two continent-sized structures deep inside Earth may contain remnants of Theia, the ancient planet thought to have collided…
US used dioxin-laden oil for dust control in a town with 2,000 residents, years later it spent $33.1 million for their relocation in order to protect their lives
At times, things go wrong even when you try with all your might to ensure they are right.…
The Planet That Lied About Its Own Spin
Every so often a piece of research comes along that isn’t really about a discovery, it’s about a…
19th-century ships accidentally brought mice to islands 30 miles off San Francisco; they later reached densities of 1,270 per hectare and began reshaping the seabird ecosystem
The Farallon Islands Are Off Limits to Humans — but Not Wildlife Accidentally brought to the Farallon Islands…
Copper beats 2,595°F to defy earlier models in US fusion reactor test
Scientists have discovered that copper melts gradually rather than collapsing all at once under extreme heat. The finding…
Cyclospora spreads through human waste — so how did it get on food?
This article originally appeared on The Conversation. The nationwide cyclospora outbreak is very likely a result of sewage…
Gypsum crystals discovered by Zhurong on roughly 760-million-year-old Martian terrain may still contain microscopic pockets of the brine they grew from — tiny sealed samples that could preserve the chemistry of liquid water from a surprisingly recent chapter of Mars’s history.
China’s Zhurong rover crossed a thin layer of flat, hydrated rocks in southern Utopia Planitia. New analysis argues…
Los Angeles doorbell camera captures massive mountain lion crossing a driveway at night
Chad Landers, a Los Angeles homeowner, is used to seeing wildlife through his home’s Ring camera. But the…
Dolphins filmed using shells to hunt for first time
Researchers are shell-shocked at the latest marine discovery. Dolphins have been filmed using shells to ensnare their prey…