Disappearing snakes and the biodiversity crisis

A new study should sound alarm bells regarding the ‘biodiversity crisis’ or the loss of wildlife…

Forests bouncing back from beetles, but elk and deer slowing recovery

New research reveals that even simultaneous bark beetle outbreaks are not a death sentence to the…

Skyrmions like it hot: Spin structures are controllable even at high temperatures

Researchers who had previously demonstrated the use of new spin structures for future magnetic storage devices…

10,000 steps a day: Not a magical formula for preventing weight gain

For years now, 10,000 steps a day has become the gold standard for people trying to…

Status Update: OSIRIS-REx Osprey Flyover

OSIRIS-REx successfully executed a 0.4-mile (620-m) flyover of site Osprey. Click here for original…

NASA Selects Four Possible Missions to Study the Secrets of the Solar System

NASA has selected four Discovery Program investigations to develop concept studies for new missions. …

Argentine researchers find distant Tyrannosaurus relative

The remains of a 90-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered in…

Last month was hottest January on record, US scientists say

Last month was the hottest January since scientists began keeping temperature records in 1880, U.S. government…

How a tiny and strange marine animal produces unlimited eggs and sperm over its lifetime

A little-known ocean-dwelling creature most commonly found growing on dead hermit crab shells may sound like…

As groundwater depletes, arid American West is moving east

Even under modest climate warming scenarios, the continental United States faces a significant loss of groundwater—about…