Heatwaves: How animals adapt to cope with them

Evolution alone cannot protect animals from climate extremes like heatwaves and deep cold. Animals are adapting their behavior to help survive global warming.

Sloths are our calm and smiley lifeform of the week

Are sloths really as slow as people say? Are they equally slow in all environments? Read slowly to find out more about these calm and smiling animals.

Giant Joro spiders … coming to your city?

The giant Joro spiders are not going anywhere ... except maybe to a city near you. The spiders continue to track up the East Coast.

Celebrate World Oceans Day today, June 7, 2024

World Oceans Day has been honored since 1992. It's a day to raise awareness about how we're connected to the oceans and how we can protect ocean habitats.

NASA’s Perpetual Ocean video will wow you

To honor Earth's oceans on World Ocean Day, this beautiful NASA video, Perpetual Ocean, follows the currents and eddies around the world.

Largest genome on Earth belongs to … a fern?

The new record holder for world's largest genome goes to a tiny fern that grows on a few islands in the South Pacific. Read more about the rare fern here.

New dinosaur species discovered in Africa

Researchers identified a new dinosaur species from fossils uncovered near Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. It was a plant-eating dinosaur from 210 million years ago.

The praying mantis is a predator: Lifeform of the week

The praying mantis is a ruthless predator that eats any insect that comes its way. Not even its own mate is safe. More about this ferocious insect, here.

What drove Snowball Earth? A drop in a greenhouse gas

Geologists believe a drop in carbon dioxide lasting millions of years caused Earth to freeze into Snowball Earth about 700 million years ago.

Gravity between Mars and Earth drives climate and currents

Seafloor sediments provided new evidence that a 2.4 million-year-long resonance between Mars and Earth affects long-term changes in ocean currents and temps.