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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.
April 11, 2025
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.
April 11, 2025
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.
April 10, 2025
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.
April 8, 2025
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!
April 7, 2025
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.
April 6, 2025
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.
April 4, 2025
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.
April 3, 2025
Great white sharks in False Bay vanished. What happened?
The disappearance of great white sharks from False Bay, South Africa, in mid-2018 resulted in significant changes in the local marine food chain.
April 2, 2025
This amazing hummingbird chick looks like a caterpillar
Hummingbirds might be small, but they can have strong defense mechanisms. One hummingbird species is born with feathers resembling dangerous caterpillar hair.
March 31, 2025
