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Deanna Conners
Man-made chemicals in deepest sea
Scientists have detected persistent man-made chemicals in crustaceans from the Mariana Trench and Kermadec Trench, deepest parts of the ocean ever sampled.
July 5, 2016
Top 10 new species of 2016
From a giant tortoise to a tiny beetle and an early hominid, this year’s top 10 new species list contains some exciting finds.
June 4, 2016
Eastern monarch butterflies at risk of extinction, scientists say
Populations of the charismatic orange and black monarch butterfly have plummeted. Will they be extinct in 20 years?
April 18, 2016
Scientists reconstruct supervolcanic eruption
Scientists estimate that slow, dense pyroclastic flows blanketed the southwestern U.S. after the enormous eruption at Silver Creek 18.8 million years ago.
March 10, 2016
Extinction of giant herbivores changed global landscapes
Extinctions of large herbivores such as mammoths, mastodons, and ground sloths helped turn many open landscapes into forests, scientists say.
February 23, 2016
2016 Great Backyard Bird Count starts February 12
This year’s Great Backyard Bird Count runs from February 12–15. It’s free and easy to participate. Find out how.
February 9, 2016
2015 worst US wildfire year on record
Wildfires burned more than 10 million acres of land in the United States in 2015, a year marked by intense drought across much of the west.
January 12, 2016
New glimpse of geology under Antarctic ice
Using technology built to withstand the harsh winters, scientists have managed to map the volcanos, rifts, and basins hidden under West Antarctica's ice sheet.
January 5, 2016
Vast river network once flowed across Sahara
Scientists have captured amazing new radar images of a paleoriver network underneath the desert sands of the Sahara.
December 8, 2015
Faster ice loss at major Greenland glacier
A large glacier in northeastern Greenland, called Zachariae Isstrom, has been melting faster since 2012. It's now losing mass at rate of 5 billion tons per year.
November 30, 2015
