Strange ‘Bioluminescent’ Jellyfish That Can’t Survive Sunlight Was Just Caught on Tape in Norway
From their flaming red bodies, they emit glowing blue lights to defend the prey in their transparent stomachs.
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A Gray Wolf Makes ‘Historic’ Appearance in Los Angeles for the First Time in 100 Years
A 3-year-old female gray wolf tagged “BEY03F” was tracked through her GPS collar on Saturday, February 7.
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Tourists Rush to See Melting Glaciers Before They're Gone. But Their Presence Is Making Things Worse
'Last-chance tourism' is adding pressure to vulnerable sites and making glaciers melt faster.
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Ocean Fossils Keep Turning Up on Top of Mount Everest. Scientists Say There’s a Good Reason for It
Conspiracy theories on the internet attribute these fossils to everything from a 'great flood' to a prank of Gandalf monster. But the mystery is quite simpler.
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Scientists Examined a 300-Foot Hole in Yellowstone and Found Hidden Life Growing
Eric Boyd and his team drilled a 300-foot borehole in Yellowstone and discovered that the colony of these organisms is thriving on a generous menu of chemicals.
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Is the Moon Habitable? Elon Musk Reveals Plan to Build a 'Self-Growing' Lunar City
According to Musk, building a 'self-growing city' on the Moon can be achieved in less than 10 years, whereas on Mars, it would take over 20 years.
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Arctic Snow Once Seemed to Be Expanding. Scientists Now Say the Data Was Misleading
Researchers have detected a snow cover decrease of 193,000 square miles every decade.
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A Critical Antarctic Glacier is Breaking Apart. And Its Melting Ice Faster than Expected
The study claims that Pine Island glacier's ice flow has increased in recent years, as the ice shelf in front of it is losing structural integrity.
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Record Cold Makes Niagara Falls Look Frozen. But Science Says It's an Optical Illusion
Experts believe that the falls may have been enshrouded in a frozen blanket, but underneath this blanketing ice, water is still flowing.
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Trail Camera Captures a Skunk Face-Off a Massive Mountain Lion in a David-and-Goliath Confrontation
The photographer couldn't believe what his trail cameras captured at Angeles National Forest.
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This Button-Sized Animal Was Once Written off as Extinct. Years Later, Conservation Changed Its Fate
This restoration effort, the team says, is one of the biggest success stories they've experienced in their careers.
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AI Wildlife Images Distort Our Perception of Endangered Species. And Its Hurting Conservation
With AI accessible to all, wildlife has been rendered into jest and online memes. Wild animals are appearing where they don't live and behaving out of character
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Rockies Are Losing a Tree Vital to Mountain Ecosystems. And This Invasive Creature Is to Blame
While the top culprits behind declining whitebark pines remain human-caused, there are other contributors at work too.
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Scientists Lowered a Camera into Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' and Found Hidden Structures Below
The experiment recorded the first-ever measurements from beneath the glacier's main trunk.
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Photographer Captures Rare View of Andromeda Galaxy Rising Over Yosemite’s El Capitan
While the appearance of Andromeda is not a once-in-a-lifetime event, it’s rare for someone to come across it at the right time and record it in a photograph.
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A Deadly Epidemic Has Reached Antarctica. Native birds Are Its First Victims
A recent study reveals that over 50 skuas died due to avian flu, making them the first wildlife victims of the infection in the continent.
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Record Arctic Blast Created 'Cloud Streets' Over Atlantic. NOAA Captured Its Stunning Visuals
NOAA’s geostationary GOES-19, or GOES East satellite, recorded footage of this otherworldly appearance on February 1.
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A U.S. Conservationist Was Lost in the Amazon for Days. Then, a Large Wild Cat Found Him
After his thrilling encounter, he realized the 'power of the jungle, the command of a big cat like a jaguar.'
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Zoom In on Nature's Hidden Details: 11 Winners of Close-up Photographer of the Year Awards
From a curious silkworm moth to tadpoles in an egg clutch, the collection of winning photographs is a buffet whipped out with delicious visuals.
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Scientists Tested a Bonobo With a Child's Make-Believe Tea Party. Surprisingly, He Played Along
A bonobo named Kanzi correctly tracked 'invisible' juice and grapes, much to researchers' surprise.
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