Watchers spy rare white whale Migaloo

Not all experts agree that the white whale spotted off Australia's east coast on Tuesday was the beloved Migaloo. But most are adamant it was.

Sky and Earth time-lapse, New Zealand

A new time-lapse video from New Zealand, showing both its dramatic landscape and the sky above. It's called "The Edge of Perception."

A year of Earth from a million miles

Watch a full year of Earth's sunlit side, seen from a million miles away by the DSCOVR spacecraft.

Healthy forests need birds and bees

A new study shows that we humans can help maintain healthy forests by focusing conservation efforts on the protection of animal pollinators and seed dispersers.

1st half of 2016 warmest on record

The 6-month period from January to June was our planet's warmest half-year in the modern temperature record, which dates to 1880.

Shifting identities for traveling neutrinos

MIT researchers show that neutrinos can change between several distinct “flavors” while traveling from a facility near Chicago to a detector in Minnesota.

Giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh

A huge earthquake could be building beneath Bangladesh, Earth's most densely populated nation. There's potential for some 140 million people to be affected.

Researchers recreate 1st steps on dry land

In a groundbreaking study, researchers explored a key evolutionary transition - from animals living in water to living on land - using a robot called MuddyBot.

Noctilucent clouds over Europe last week

Time-lapse video of the amazing noctilucent cloud display over northern Europe on July 12-14, 2016. Adrien Mauduit called it a "storm" of these clouds.

Watch wind flowing across US in real time

The wind map updates every hour and lets you see the movement, flow, and speeds of wind across the United States. Go see it! It's great!

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