How small can a dinosaur be and still shake up what scientists think they know? A newly described fossil from northern Patagonia suggests that some of the strangest meat-eating dinosaurs were already ...

The tropical Pacific is starting to look restless again, and forecasters are paying close attention. El Niño, a recurring ocean pattern tied to floods, droughts, and heat, appears increasingly likely ...

Mars may look like a quiet desert planet, but new lab work suggests its dust can be surprisingly hostile to Earth life, even to creatures famous for surviving the impossible. In a study using two ...

Beachgoers on Pirate’s Beach on Galveston Island, Texas, got a shock on March 7, 2026, when a sea turtle washed ashore looking like it had grown a coat of green fur. The animal was an adult female ...

If you have ever dropped your car keys on the little table by the front door and called it a day, you are not alone. But as keyless cars become the norm, that everyday habit has started to look like a ...

If you’ve ever walked a field at sunrise and found fresh furrows where neat rows used to be, you know how fast wild boars can turn a season’s work into cleanup. They show up quietly, root like ...

After a harvest, rice mills and palm oil plants are left with mountains of husk and hard shells, and too much of it still ends up wasted. A new study from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia suggests ...

If you have ever tried to hide a Wi-Fi router behind a houseplant, you get the basic idea. Ukrainian officials say Russian forces are hiding communication antennas inside fake “trees” so Ukrainian ...

What did the first major extinction of animal life look like, back when complex creatures were still new to the planet? A new fossil analysis suggests it was not a slow fade, but a sharp crash that ...

In a remote corner of the Amazon rainforest, a tiny pollinator has just gained something usually reserved for people and companies. Municipalities in Satipo and Nauta in Peru have approved ordinances ...

Young wildlife photographer Rithved Girish has been named Young Close‑up Photographer of the Year 7 for his image “Guardians of the Hive,” winning the youth category of the international Close‑up ...

In southern Mexico, bulldozers and rail crews are reshaping one of the narrowest slices of land on the continent. Millions of tons of earth are being moved to finish the Interoceanic Corridor of the ...