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Report from Zimbabwe: Smoky sunsets
A recent unusual sunset over Mutare, Zimbabwe, caused by smoke from the annual burning of vegetation. Notice color change from yellow to orange to magenta ...
October 12, 2015
Video: Paddle boarding with whales
Touching juxtaposition of a classic John Lennon song with a magnificent video of whales. Video by Jaimen Hudson.
October 11, 2015
Australia’s largest carnivorous dino yet
Miners, working in opal deposits in the New South Wales outback, first discovered the fossilized remains of this creature, which has been dubbed Lightning Claw.
October 9, 2015
Double catastrophe killed dinosaurs, says study
Asteroid impact and volcanic eruptions might have been a one-two punch that killed off the dinosaurs. New dates suggest the catastrophes were nearly simultaneous.
October 9, 2015
Video: First biofluorescent turtle
Explorers happen upon the first glowing sea turtle ever recorded.
October 7, 2015
1,000-year rainfall hits South Carolina
Roads washed out. People trapped in cars. Seven deaths as of Sunday evening. And it's still raining, but the rain should taper off by Monday night.
October 5, 2015
Sea ice still too thick for Arctic shipping route
Despite climate change, sea ice will continue to make the Northwest Passage too treacherous to be a regular Arctic shipping route for decades, says study.
October 3, 2015
U.S. Southeast braces for floods
U.S. landfall looks increasingly unlikely. "Historical" flooding possible in parts of the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
October 2, 2015
Fossil evidence of Earth’s oldest sea turtle
Fossilized shells and bones uncovered at two sites in Colombia. Scientists date this ancient sea turtle's remains at 120 million years old.
September 30, 2015
Wildfires continue to plague US West
A satellite view from Monday shows wildfires still burning in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. The fires started in August.
September 29, 2015
