Orcas that ram boats are likely just playing
Orcas that ram boats are likely just playing (Hongming Zheng / 500px/Getty Images) Iberian orcas have been ramming and damaging boats off Spain [...]
Microbes could survive for weeks at moon’s poles
Microbes could survive for weeks at moon's poles (NurPhoto/Getty Images) A NASA-led study has found that Earth microbes could survive for weeks in [...]
Fossils tie intensifying El Ninos to climate change
Fossils tie intensifying El Ninos to climate change El Nino weather patterns could contribute to wildfires in Indonesia. (NurPhoto/Getty Images) A study published [...]
Greenland sees surge of whales as sea ice recedes
Greenland sees surge of whales as sea ice recedes (Juan Maria Coy Vergara/Getty Images) A significant ecological shift is being observed along the [...]
Sea turtles offer data for cyclone, climate monitoring
Sea turtles offer data for cyclone, climate monitoring (Nautilus Creative/Getty Images) Researchers have found that sea turtles fitted with sensors could improve tropical [...]
Neptune’s moons may have formed from an ancient collision
Neptune's moons may have formed from an ancient collision (Buradaki/Getty Images) A study published in Science Advances suggests that three of Neptune's moons may have [...]
Dolphins Protect their Snouts with Sponges
(Charlie Fayers/Getty Images) A study in The Royal Society Publishing's Philosophical Transactions B reveals that dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia, who use marine sponges as [...]
Gene discovery may speed up avocado breeding
Gene discovery may speed up avocado breeding (Anilakkus/Getty Images) Researchers have identified the gene that controls avocado flowering types, a discovery that could [...]
NASA makes first direct measurement of Io’s internal heat
NASA makes first direct measurement of Io's internal heat For the first time, scientists have directly measured Io's internal heat using data from [...]









