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This is Europe’s oldest living tree
The scientists who discovered it in the highlands of northern Greece named it Adonis, for the Greek god of beauty and desire. It's more than 1,000 years old.
September 9, 2016
Lifeform of the week: Skunks
Evolutionary biology can explain skunks' striking appearance, but only chemistry can get rid of the smell.
September 9, 2016
A comeback for humpback whales
The international moratorium on whale-hunting is still in place, but - good news - some whales are coming off the U.S. endangered species list.
September 8, 2016
3.7-billion-year-old fossils show early life
Earth's earliest lifeforms were single-celled microbes. The new fossil discovery places them on Earth even earlier than previously thought.
September 6, 2016
Wow! Yellowstone geysers time-lapse
People go to Yellowstone to see boiling geysers erupt periodically with an awesome, yet very earthly, power. See them in this new video.
September 4, 2016
Hidden reef behind Great Barrier Reef
It's vast, said the scientists who measured it, but hidden by the sea.
September 3, 2016
Hurricane Hermine strikes Florida coast
National Weather Service in Tallahassee reported that Hermine made landfall east of St. Marks, near Tallahassee, early Friday morning as a Category 1 hurricane.
September 2, 2016
4.8-magnitude earthquake in Wyoming
The August 27, 2016 Wyoming earthquake took place at 2:47 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (2047 UTC). Many reports of shaking.
August 27, 2016
Have we been wrong about life’s origin?
For 90 years, science’s favorite explanation for the origin of life has been the “primordial soup”. But recent research adds weight to an alternative idea.
August 27, 2016
A new normal for Arctic sea ice?
“A decade ago, this year’s sea ice extent would have set a new record low ...Now, we’re kind of used to these low levels of sea ice – it’s the new normal.”
August 24, 2016
