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Zika virus may affect 50 U.S. cities

Weather, travel, and poverty may facilitate summertime outbreaks of Zika virus in many U.S. cities in summer, 2016, a new study shows.

Eleanor Imster

March 21, 2016

Chameleon in amber is world’s oldest

About 100 million years ago, a baby chameleon crawled into some sticky resin. Over time, the resin fossilized into amber, leaving the lizard remarkably preserved.

Eleanor Imster

March 15, 2016

Hummingbirds’ extraordinary migratory marathons

With fat deposits that almost double their weight, the tiny ruby-throated hummingbird can fly non-stop for more than 1,200 miles (2,000 km) during migration.

Shireen Gonzaga

March 15, 2016

Octopus Casper could be new species

Scientists found the creature in the deep sea, in the Hawaiian Archipelago. They nicknamed it Casper because of its ghostly appearance, caused by a lack of pigment.

Tom Edathikunnel

March 14, 2016

Lunar shadow moves across Earth

This is way cool. Watch the moon's shadow move across Earth during the March 9 total solar eclipse. A first ever animation from deep space.

Eleanor Imster

March 11, 2016

Scientists reconstruct supervolcanic eruption

Scientists estimate that slow, dense pyroclastic flows blanketed the southwestern U.S. after the enormous eruption at Silver Creek 18.8 million years ago.

Deanna Conners

March 10, 2016

Amazing lightning time-lapse from Zimbabwe

Video of 20 spectacular cloud-to-ground lightning strikes that took place on a single afternoon in Mutare, Zimbabwe.

Peter Lowenstein

March 10, 2016

Dodos weren’t so dumb after all

New research suggests that dodo birds might have been quite intelligent.

Eleanor Imster

March 9, 2016

Total solar eclipses in the USA

If you miss the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 - first such eclipse in contiguous U.S. since 1979 - you'll have to wait until 2024 to see the next one.

Fred Espenak

March 7, 2016