An international expedition has for the first time extensively documented hidden reserves of…
The American pronghorn can outrun every land predator in North America. Its speed has often been linked to the now-extinct American cheetah, based on the idea that only a predator just as fast could have driven the pronghorn to evolve such…
If you’re looking for something to lift your spirits this month, you’ll have no problem finding entertainment high in the sky. Throughout the rest of February, the sky will be putting on an awe-inspiring show, although it may require a good…
It’s not every day that you get to run a mummy-filled sarcophagus through a CT scanner. But a research team at the University of Southern California (USC) has been doing just that to help peel back the linen-wrapped past of ancient Egypt.
Using…
Researchers digging in a cave in New Zealand’s North Island have discovered a treasure trove of ancient bird fossils dating back one million years. The findings, published in Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, reveal a…
Some children affected by measles in the ongoing South Carolina outbreak have developed a serious complication of the disease called encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, state epidemiologist Linda Bell said on Wednesday.
The South Carolina…
The Green River winds a surprisingly direct route through Utah’s Uinta Mountains. This river has carved a deep canyon straight through one of the mountains. This scenic setting has long puzzled geologists, who have wondered how the river…
Deep below the ocean surface off the coast of Louisiana, some goose-beaked whales forage near the seafloor. New acoustic tracking shows that during dives exceeding about 3,200 feet (1,000 meters), they can approach within roughly 300 feet (about…
If you thought that things required to get through the day included a good night’s rest, a strong cup of coffee, and functioning lungs, you can strike the last item off the list. Surgeons in the U.S. kept a patient alive for two days with no…
Like clockwork, ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) start showing…