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Which lizards can outlast a hurricane?

In the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria, researchers document how catastrophic storms can be agents of natural selection, influencing how species evolve.

EarthSky Voices

July 31, 2018

12 shark facts that might surprise you

#5 If you flip a shark over, it goes into a trance.

EarthSky Voices

July 30, 2018

Space-based solar power: How close to reality?

The technology is further along than you might think for capturing solar energy in space - where the sun always shines - and beaming it to Earth.

Deanna Conners

July 29, 2018

The vanishing of the 1st American dogs

"It is fascinating that a huge population of dogs that inhabited all corners of the Americans for thousands of years could have disappeared so rapidly."

Eleanor Imster

July 25, 2018

Amazing Kilauea volcano imagery you might have missed

For more than 2 months, lava has been pouring from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, destroying homes and remaking the land. A compilation of photos and videos, here.

Editors of EarthSky

July 22, 2018

Witness the birth of an iceberg

This iceberg broke off Greenland’s Helheim Glacier on June 22. If laid atop New York City, it'd stretch from lower Manhattan to Midtown.

Eleanor Imster

July 19, 2018

Volcano discovered under fastest-melting Antarctic glacier

Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier is melting, thanks to warming waters from below. What’s more, a recent study has discovered a volcano beneath the glacier.

EarthSky Voices

July 19, 2018

Volcanic mood rings

The crater lakes at the summit of Kelimutu volcano in Indonesia change colors from day to day. The colors can change from white, green, blue and brown to black.

Deborah Byrd

July 18, 2018