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.

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.

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.

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.

New study says residential trees can affect human health

A study examined residential trees in Switzerland and found a significantly lower mortality risk in people who live in neighborhoods with large tree canopies.

Massive Myanmar earthquake. Hundreds feared dead.

The 7.7-magnitude Myanmar earthquake caused the collapse of an unfinished high-rise in Bangkok, with 81 construction workers inside.

New tree is a towering East African giant of the rainforest

A new tree species discovered in the rainforest of eastern Africa - Tessmannia princeps - is a towering giant that grows up to 130 feet (40 m) tall.