Warmer Winter Brings Forest-Threatening Beetles North
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG Southern pine beetles, which had never been found beyond the South, have been spotted in […]
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Water is the Real Force Behind Breaking a Bottle With ...
By JOANNA KLEIN St. Patrick’s Day introduces the possibility that glass shards will fly tonight. Fluid dynamics explain […]
Eaglet Emerges at National Arboretum, Live on a Webcam
By CHRISTINE HAUSER The first of two eaglets broke through the shell on Friday morning as a video […]
What We’ve Learned About Pluto
By KENNETH CHANG Eight months after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft had its quick, close-up look at Pluto, scientists […]
Humans Interbred With Hominins on Multiple Occasions, Study Finds
By CARL ZIMMER The interbreeding may have given modern humans better immunity to pathogens, according to the authors […]
Elwyn L. Simons, Primate Specialist Who Discovered Early Human Forebears, ...
By MARGALIT FOX A scientist concerned with both ancient primates and living ones, he was described as having […]
Wind Farm May Be Built Off Long Island
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG The Interior Department and its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management are moving toward auctioning a […]
Seduced by Junk Food, Storks Are Opting Not to Migrate
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR Some of their favorite menu items, researchers found, were rotten fish, leftover chicken and […]
Trees Deal With Climate Change Better Than Expected
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG A new study found that forests adapted to hotter temperatures by contributing less carbon dioxide […]
Solving the Tully Monster’s Cold Case
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR A team of researches say they have solved the identity of a creature whose […]