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Beautiful video: Dolphin stampede
Truly one of the most wonderful videos we've seen. If you watch, you'll see thousands of dolphins, plus a whale calf snuggling with its mom.
March 7, 2017
California sediments pour into the sea
Drought plagued California and much of the American Southwest for nearly 5 years before this year. Now satellites see swollen rivers dumping sediments into the sea.
March 6, 2017
World’s oldest microfossils in Canada
A new discovery provides direct evidence of one of Earth's oldest life forms, in a place known to harbor some of Earth's oldest rocks.
March 1, 2017
Galapagos tortoise back from the brink
Galapagos giant tortoises, once on the brink of extinction, have made a comeback.
February 28, 2017
Storm chasers honor Bill Paxton
An amazing several-state tribute - stretching across Tornado Alley - honoring Twister star Bill Paxton, who died Sunday due to complications from heart surgery.
February 27, 2017
20 years after Dolly
Everything you always wanted to know about the Dolly the cloned sheep and what came next, from a biomedical researcher and cloning expert.
February 25, 2017
Ancient tortoise reveals tropical DNA
This is a rare look at tropical DNA, courtesy of an ancient giant tortoise that tumbled into a sinkhole 1,000 years ago.
February 25, 2017
Scientists spy 8th continent, Zealandia
A long-lost land mass is submerged in the depths of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Should it be recognized as a full-fledged continent?
February 22, 2017
How did horses evolve?
A new 'tree of life,' showing how horses have evolved over the past 18 million years challenges long-held ideas.
February 20, 2017
Toxic pollutants persist in deepest ocean
Banned chemicals from the 1970s have been discovered in the bodies of crustaceans in the deepest of Earth’s ocean trenches.
February 16, 2017
