An ancient battle: A 900-pound croc takes on a 58-foot snake

An ancient, 16-foot, 900-pound crocodile may have been overmatched by a monster snake that swam in the same rivers 60 million years ago.

New image of seafloor zone where Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might lie

A new illustration of the seafloor, created by two of the world’s leading ocean floor mapping experts, details underwater terrain where the missing Malaysia Airlines flight might be located.

April 2014 tied with warmest on record, or second-warmest

Yes, some of us in North America have been shivering this spring. But our local weather is not the whole story.

Hurricane season outlook 2014: “Normal”

Atlantic hurricane names in 2014: Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gonzalo, Hanna, Isaias, Josephine, Kyle, Laura, Marco, Nana, Omar, Paulette, Rene, Sally, Teddy, Vicky, and Wilfred.

Fly mind control

A new mind alteration device makes flies sing and dance.

NASA’s 3.2 gigapixel mosaic of … us

Last Earth Day, NASA asked us take pictures of ourselves and post to social media using the hashtag #GlobalSelfie. And here's the result.

Video of incredible fly swarms happening this week in Wisconsin

These swarming flies on Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago are a feast to migrating songbirds ... but might give you the creeps.

An expert explains what’s happening to glaciers in Antarctica

What is happening to ice in Antarctica, and why does the reality of ice loss or gain on Earth's southernmost continent seem so elusive?

Antarctica is losing 159 billion tons of land ice every year

This is Antarctic land ice, not sea ice, which in recent years has expanded. The land ice loss is now thought to drive 0.43 millimeters of global sea level rise per year.

Scientists: 30 U.S. landmarks at risk from climate change

The non-profit U.S. organization Union of Concerned Scientists this week released a report listing 30 iconic landmarks at risk from climate change.

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