- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 17th, 2015
Albino Dolphin Turns Pink When Excited, Angry or Otherwise Emotional
Wildlife researchers say the rare albino marine mammal turns pink because it blushes, just like we humans do
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 17th, 2015
Young Earth Gobbled Up a Mercury Lookalike, New Study Claims
Scientists say it was this Mercury-like object that seeded Earth with the elements it needed to birth a magnetic field
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 16th, 2015
Study Explains the Birth of Black Auroras in Our Planet's Atmosphere
Black auroras are dark patches intertwined with the bright, colorful beams that often form over Earth's polar regions
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 15th, 2015
Earth Was Once One Big Snowball, Ice Towering Over the Tropics and All
Study finds evidence that our entire planet froze and turned into one great big snowball several times in its history
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 11th, 2015
Lizards Bigger than Your Average Bus Once Populated Earth's Oceans
The marine lizards, known as mosasaurs to paleontologists, could grow to measure 50 feet (15 meters) in length
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 10th, 2015
New Species of Carnivorous Terror Bird Discovered in South America
The feathered creatures lived 3.5 million years ago, relied on their exquisite sense of hearing to track down prey
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 9th, 2015
Boy Helps Dig Out Dinosaur He and His Dad Found Behind Grocery Store
5-year-old Wylie Brys and his dad Tim found the dinosaur behind a grocery store in Texas, US, back in September 2014
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 8th, 2015
The Thunder Lizard Is Back: Scientists Resurrect the Brontosaurus
Brontosaurus was killed as a distinct genus and reclassified as Apatosaurus in 1903, new study says this was a mistake
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 7th, 2015
There Are Alien-like Marine Monsters the Size of Whales in Our Oceans
No, this isn't a seriously delayed April Fools' prank, such bizarre and yet mesmerizing ocean dwellers really do exist
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 4th, 2015
Meet Pessie, the Loch Ness Monster's Long-Lost and Oddly Tiny Ancestor
Pessie lived in lakes in present-day Scotland hundreds of millions of years ago, during the Paleozoic Era
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 2nd, 2015
Historic Drought Ushers In California's First Ever Water Restrictions
The state's mountain snowpack is now at its driest in over 100 years, says the California Department of Water Resources
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 1st, 2015
Tiny Fish Can Go an Impressive 5 Hours Without Breathing, Study Finds
The desert pupfish has evolved to go without oxygen for considerable periods of time to survive its harsh environment
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 30th, 2015
Major Earthquake Hits Papua New Guinea in the Pacific, Tsunami Follows
The 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea this past March 29 at 23:48 UTC, USGS researchers say
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 26th, 2015
Scientists Worried About Vicious Termites Hooking Up, Having Babies
Two of the most destructive termite species in the world are having hybrid babies together and it's bad
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 25th, 2015
Earth's Mantle Found to Pack a Secret, Previously Unknown Layer
Like onions and ogres, Earth has layers that are arranged in an orderly fashion and that each have unique properties
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 24th, 2015
Scary-Looking Ancient Salamander Was a Top Predator the Size of a Car
The amphibian roamed the Earth about 220-230 million years ago, looked more like a crocodile than a salamander
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 23rd, 2015
Worst Meteorite Impacts in Earth's History Happened in Australia
The impact zone associated with these ancient collisions measures about 400 kilometers (250 miles) across