environment

Yorkicystis lived during the “Cambrian explosion,” 539 million to 485 million years ago – hundreds of million years before the dinosaurs.

All marbled crayfish descended from a single clone discovered in Heidelberg, Germany in 1995. 

Any alien civilization that grows to span an entire planet would spark the same effects that we have. So, what do we do about it?

Scientists have discovered enzymes from several plastic-eating bacteria. So, why are our oceans still full of plastic pollution?

The weirdest thing about the 21 feet found near Vancouver since 2007? Foul play has been ruled out.

This marks a historic moment in humanity’s relationship to the planet.

At least 33 cities are sinking by more than 1 cm a year.

Only 1% of corn grown is the U.S. is the type that people eat.

An effect called the “urban heat island” means that temperatures are often 10 degrees higher in cities, according to NASA.

Disgusting behavior is often crucial to survival.

The simulation gave researchers some of the first concrete data linking climate change to human evolution and speciation.

Two types of leaves for two different drastic weather conditions.

A floating platform the size of Rome collapsed off of Antarctica.

On Nov. 13, 1946, a scientist dropped crushed dry ice from a plane into supercooled stratus clouds.

Murmurations have no leader and follow no plan.

From crocodiles to birds, certain animals managed to survive some of the worst extinction events in world history.

Can a non-native species be a friend instead of a foe?

The World Air Quality Index shows how clean your city’s air is, in real time.

Two aspects of memory – fast updating and long lasting – are typically considered incompatible, yet the insects combined them.

The paradox of tribalism is that humans need a sense of belonging to be healthy and happy, but too much tribalism is deadly. We are one tribe.

The world’s great whales aren’t just vulnerable where they congregate, but everywhere they roam.

Scientists captured it on footage 1.5 miles below the surface.

To clear Scotland’s roads in winter, the local traffic agency employs heavy machinery with punny names. Can you grit and bear it?

The pulse took just 35 hours to cover the whole world.

Letting nature’s expert engineers lead the way.

Once numbering just 27 birds, the global population of California condors is now in the hundreds.

With around 5,000 summertime residents, increased tourism, and a warming planet, it is becoming difficult to protect Antarctica from invasion.

Whether or not life exists elsewhere in the Universe, we can be assured of one thing: We are the only human beings in the cosmos.

Steel tires may be better for the planet and could replace rubber.

France is split in two by its very own “desert,” the Empty Diagonal. The area’s depopulation is fairly recent, and Paris is to blame.