Not all mudball meteorites are weak, new study shows

The Aguas Zarcas mudball meteorites, which landed in Costa Rica in 2019, were stronger than expected. A new study shows that not all mudballs are weak.

Dire wolves are still extinct. So what happened in the lab?

The biotech company Colossal has genetically engineered the DNA of 3 pups born to a gray wolf with some of the genetic code of extinct dire wolves.

Extreme storms, like recent ones in the US, follow a recipe

Extreme storms hit the central U.S. in early April. A climate scientist explains the recipe for severe storms and why a warming world makes them more frequent.

Bonobo chatter shares a unique feature with human speech

The bonobo - humanity's closest cousin species - can combine vocalizations for a language with more depth. It may provide insight to the evolution of language.

What makes oddly shaped suns and moons on the horizon?

When light from the sun or the moon travels through more atmosphere to your eyes, you see oddly shaped suns or moons in interesting and beautiful ways.

How do bats avoid collisions in massive groups? Now we know!

Bats navigate in groups of hundreds of thousands, and still don't collide with each other. How do they do it? We finally know!

New insight into how dogs see their world through smell

Researchers are developing new tools to help study what dogs experience. These insights can better inform trainers of dogs involved in scent detection.

Above-average hurricane forecast for the Atlantic in 2025

Colorado State University issued their hurricane forecast for the 2025 Atlantic season on April 3, 2025. Get all the details and more information here.

See the Atlantic hurricanes name list for 2025

Get the list of names for the 2025 season for Atlantic tropical cyclones and hurricanes. Read more about how the naming system came to be.

Prototaxites: Oldest giant organisms a lost kingdom of life?

Recently proposed reclassification of Earth’s first giant organisms - Prototaxites - indicate they represent an extinct kingdom of life.

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