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Earth might be home to a trillion species
Largest-ever analysis of microbial data concludes that 99.999 percent of species remain undiscovered.
May 3, 2016
Inhospitable Danakil Depression hosts extreme life
It's below sea level, with near-boiling water bubbling up from underground, high salt concentrations and toxic vapor. Yet life survives here.
May 2, 2016
Did human limbs evolve from shark gills?
The Sonic Hedgehog gene drives embryonic development of mammal limbs and shark gills. Could our limbs have evolved from gills?
April 30, 2016
Did Earth’s magnetic field collapse for 2 hours on April 23?
No, Earth's magnetic field did not collapse for 2 hours on April 23. The erroneous story, which is still spreading, originated with a glitch in a computer simulation.
April 28, 2016
Does this jellyfish look like a spaceship, or what?
Video of a spectacular jellyfish that floated past NOAA's ROV on April 24, 2016 in the Mariana Trench - the deepest oceanic trench on the planet.
April 27, 2016
Dinosaurs already in decline before asteroid apocalypse?
New research suggests that dinosaurs were in decline tens of millions of years before the meteorite impact that finished them off.
April 26, 2016
How monarchs find Mexico without a map
Researchers say they’ve cracked the secrets of the monarch butterfly’s internal compass.
April 20, 2016
New tree of life doesn’t look as you’d imagine
The tree of life, which depicts how life has evolved and diversified on the planet, is getting a lot more complicated.
April 19, 2016
Popocatépetl volcano hurls rock and fire
Awesome videos showing the fiery eruption of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano, which began Monday morning.
April 19, 2016
Eastern monarch butterflies at risk of extinction, scientists say
Populations of the charismatic orange and black monarch butterfly have plummeted. Will they be extinct in 20 years?
April 18, 2016
