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Wow! 2017 underwater photo contest winners
Winners of the 2017 Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) contest. How do you choose a favorite?
February 15, 2017
Magnetic pole reversal ahead?
What’s magnetic north would become magnetic south. Is Earth headed to a pole reversal? A look at the archaeological record in southern Africa provides clues.
February 10, 2017
Sky solution to help endangered species
An astrophysicist and an ecologist are combining their expertise using drones, thermal cameras and the techniques used to analyse objects in space in order to help endangered species.
February 9, 2017
Lost continent under Indian Ocean?
Evidence in rocks of a "lost continent," thought to be leftover after the ancient supercontinent Gondwana began breaking up some 200 million years ago.
February 6, 2017
Frog tongue in super slo-mo action
Frog snags cricket with its ‘bungee cord’ tongue. Watch it in super slo-mo and find out why it works so well.
February 4, 2017
History of global temperature 1880-2016
Take 14 seconds to watch the change in Earth's surface temperature from 1880 through 2016.
February 2, 2017
Death of Granny, matriarch killer whale
What happens when an endangered whale pod loses its wise old grandma?
January 29, 2017
Shark attacks drop to average in 2016
After 2015’s record year, 2016 saw fewer shark attacks worldwide. Here in the U.S., the most happened in Florida.
January 28, 2017
When lava meets sea
Time-lapse of sea and sky shot on Hawaii in December. Watch what happens as lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano meets the ocean.
January 26, 2017
Early humans wiped out big animals in Australia
A new study suggests that humans, not climate change, were the primary cause of extinction of the huge and astonishing creatures that roamed Australia 45,000 years ago.
January 25, 2017
