A mysterious ancient grave with a sword and mirror belonged to a woman
A roughly 2,000-year-old woman with a potentially violent streak has emerged from skeletal rubble found on an island off southwestern…
A new UN report lays out an ethical framework for climate engineering
The world is in a climate crisis — and in the waning days of what’s likely to be the world’s…
Fish beware: Bottlenosed dolphins may be able to pick up your heartbeat
To snap up fish, bottlenosed dolphins may rely on more than just sharp sight and sonar detection. The creatures might…
These nesting penguins nod off over 10,000 times a day, for seconds at a time
Nesting chinstrap penguins take nodding off to the extreme. The birds briefly dip into a slumber many thousands of times…
Before ancient Egyptians, nature sculpted sphinxes. Here’s how
The Great Sphinx of Giza might have been sculpted by desert winds long before it was ever touched by human…
This bird hasn’t been seen in 38 years. Its song may help track it down
How do you look for an animal you don’t even know exists anymore? The last sighting of the purple-winged ground…
One mountain in Brazil is home to a surprising number of these parasitic wasps
The tropics are teeming with life, tending to hold far more species than milder environments closer to the poles. But…
Some picky Australian mosquitoes may target frog nostrils for blood
An Australian mosquito species knows the best spot to drink its bloody meals: a frog’s nostril. The bloodsuckers are surprisingly…
Reindeer herders and scientists collaborate to understand Arctic warming
The spring 2014 annual reindeer festival in Yar-Sale, a rural town on the Yamal Peninsula in Western Siberia, was a…
A rare, extremely energetic cosmic ray has mysterious origins
The “Oh-My-God” particle has a new companion. In 1991, physicists spotted a particle from space that crashed into Earth with…
