Newly-discovered virus has voracious appetite for anthrax

The newly-discovered anthrax-devouring Tsamsa virus, found in a zebra carcass in Namibia, could lead to new ways to combat deadly anthrax bacteria.

View from space: Hawaii

Two looks at Hawaii from high above.

Large sharks and rays could go extinct in coming decades

"Losing these fish will be like losing whole chapters of our evolutionary history." - Nick Dulvy

New journal to tackle Earth’s sustainability challenges

The new open access science journal, Earth’s Future, aims to publish papers geared toward finding solutions to coupled human and planetary challenges.

Persistent hunting can help win the war on lionfish

“And we don’t have to catch every lionfish to do it.” - Stephanie Green, Oregon State University.

China’s polluted air is changing the weather, says study

Pollutant particles from China's factories, industrial plants, and power plants affect cloud formations and weather systems worldwide, a new study shows.

Strong earthquake on island in western Greece

Reports of the magnitude of the January 26, 2014 earthquake in Greece vary, but, at this time, the USGS is still reporting the quake as a magnitude 6.0.

A landcane over Australia

It's like a hurricane, but it's over land. These systems are not uncommon in Australia, and, last weekend, conditions were ripe for one.

View from space: Drier California this January

Two satellite images show a drier California in January 2014 than a year ago.

This date in science: A record-setting dive into the deepest ocean

On January, 23, 1960, the bathyscaphe Trieste made a record-setting dive to the deepest known part of the ocean.