Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Video: Baby panda meets mom for first time
Baby panda Yuan Zai is reunited with panda mom Yuan Yuan, after a month's separation. Wonderful video.
August 15, 2013
First video of apes that can swim
Zoos often use water moats to confine chimpanzees, gorillas or orangutans. But now researchers have used video to show that apes can and do swim.
August 15, 2013
Amazing video from Typhoon Utor in China
Here is a collection of video caught on film by TyphoonHunter as Typhoon Utor struck Southeast China on August 14, 2013.
August 14, 2013
Typhoon Utor striking China
Typhoon Utor is the strongest tropical cyclone to form so far across the globe for 2013. The storm is pushing into southeast China today.
August 13, 2013
Scientists look into Earth’s past to predict future effects of climate change
Looking back, there were big changes at the end of major climate change periods, such as the end of the last Ice Age when large herbivores went extinct.
August 13, 2013
Study finds novel worm community affecting methane release in ocean
"One of the first and best examples of a direct link between a food web and the dynamics that control greenhouse gas emissions from the ocean,” - Andrew R. Thurber
August 13, 2013
NASA satellites capture Super-typhoon Utor before and after landfall
A large number of warnings in remain effect today, Aug. 12, as Typhoon Utor moves through the South China Sea and away from the Philippines.
August 12, 2013
Heat wave in China has brought record high temperatures
A persistent heat wave over southern China has been due to a stationary subtropical high in the region. Temperatures may begin to drop slowly this week.
August 12, 2013
Dead zone in Gulf of Mexico twice as large as in 2012
Large dead zone in 2013 is partly due to wet spring conditions in the Mississippi watershed, which increased nutrient runoff, triggering algae blooms.
August 12, 2013
Super Typhoon Utor strikes the Philippines
Heavy rain, flash flooding, storm surge and damaging winds in the Philippines as the storm bears down on the northern island of Luzon.
August 11, 2013
