Camels are adapted to desert life: Lifeform of the week

Camels are incredible animals that can live without water for weeks. But they also have many other unique adaptations for desert life.

Snowball Earth missing link lies in rocks on Pikes Peak

Rocks atop Pikes Peak in Colorado provide evidence for the Snowball Earth theory, which says the entire globe was once covered in a sheet of ice.

Who moved this Skynet satellite thousands of miles? And why?

An old UK Skynet satellite should still be over East Africa. But instead it's now over the Pacific Ocean near western South America. Who moved it and why?

Some tropical mammals shy away from the full moon

Moon phases influence the behavior of half the mammal species in tropical forests. About 1/3 of these tropical mammals are less active under a full moon.

It’s hard for albatrosses to feed in stormy conditions

Tracking devices attached to albatrosses show that the birds avoided strong winds and had trouble feeding when caught up in powerful storms.

Sunflowers are pretty and helpful: Lifeform of the week

Sunflowers are amazing. You can benefit from all their parts. They offer us food, oil and biodiesel and they even help the land recover after nuclear disasters.

Hera spots Earth and the moon from space. See it here!

The Hera mission is on its way to the asteroid Dimorphos. But first it looked back to catch a view of Earth and the moon from space.

An ancient bug preserved in glittering fool’s gold

Scientists analyzed a newly discovered fossilized ancient bug species, 450 million years old, pristinely preserved in pyrite, or fool’s gold.

Pufferfish are cool but deadly: Lifeform of the week

Pufferfish have a cool but deadly defense. They swell and are covered in sharp spines. They also contain a toxin much stronger and faster-acting than cyanide.

We can remove CO2 by spreading crushed rock on fields

Scientists said that crushed rock spread on farm fields can remove CO2 to help regulate our warming world. But removal rates aren't the same in all conditions.

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