Scientists Find Rare Monk Seals Using a Hidden Underwater Language that Defies all Expectations
New recordings show Hawaiian monk seals use many more sounds than scientists ever realized.
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Scientists Open the World's Largest 'Doomsday Vault' — This is What’s Been Hiding Inside
At present, almost 2.5 billion seeds belonging to 40,000 distinct plant species are present in the facility.
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Strange Seagrass 'Fairy Circles' Spotted at the Bottom of the Ocean Puzzles Scientists
'Our marine monitoring team calls them seagrass doughnuts – they’re spectacular,' an expert said.
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Migrating Humpbacks Teach Their Neighbors to Fish — And Help Revive a Whale Population
By extracting a wealth of details from this hunting strategy, scientists can integrate animal cultures with marine management practices.
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Moon Will Turn Blood Red Soon — Best Viewing Times & Locations for 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse
People interested in witnessing this blood moon don't need any special equipment, but a telescope or binocular may improve the view.
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Researchers Spied on Hedgehogs with Hidden Home Cameras — What They Caught at Night Is Unexpected
Researchers analyzed thousands of images of the hedgehogs from cameras placed in 415 gardens.
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Climate Change Threatens Tiny Rich Ecosystem Thriving Deep Within Snow Covers
Microbes, insects and small mammals use the hidden ecosystem to breed and hunt.
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Scientists Discover Rare Bright Comet Speeding Towards the Sun
This comet could be part of the Kreutz family and is expected to flare dramatically as it sweeps past the Sun.
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Scientists Put a Camera on an Antarctic Penguin — the Footage from Beneath the Ice Is Jaw-Dropping
As the penguin darted through the water currents, its unique hydrodynamics revealed tons of remarkable insights about these flightless birds.
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Students Drop Baited Camera in Atlantic Ocean — and the Footage Reveals an Unusual Scene
A group of students put a BRUV (baited remote underwater video camera) inside the waters to see the activity underneath the Atlantic Ocean.
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Biggest Solar Radiation Storm in Over 20 Years Hits Earth and Sets Off Stunning Auroras
The last powerful solar radiation emerged during Halloween in 2003.
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UN Scientists Raise Alarm as The World Enters Unprecedented Era of ‘Water Bankruptcy'
It's not just a minor 'water stress' or even a dramatic 'water crisis,' it's a symptom that can soon inflate into a full-blown water scarcity across the planet.
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Scientists Develop DNA-Based ‘Cassette Tape’ — and It Can Store Over 3 Billion Songs
By storing data in DNA, the cassette offers a compact and low-energy way to archive billions of songs long-term.
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Scientists Just Found a Weird Form of Water That’s Both Solid and Liquid at the Same Time
The 'superionic ice' can't make up its mind between being a solid or liquid.
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Western Monarch Butterflies Could Soon Disappear from California’s Coast
California's wildlife conservation societies are urging people to come forward to help save these iconic pollinator species.
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This Pet Cow Just Used a Brush to Scratch Its Back — the First Known Tool Use in Cattle
"This was a meaningful example of tool use in a species that is rarely considered from a cognitive perspective," said a researcher.
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Millions of People Are Sending Their Names to the Moon as Part of NASA’s Artemis II Mission
You can register your name by signing up on the official website before January 21. The mission will take off from Earth in early 2026.
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These Walking Sharks Defy Biology’s Reproduction Rules, Scientists Reveal
Epaulette shark remain 'remarkably stable' throughout a reproduction process.
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Experts Left a Camera Underwater in Washington for 100+ Days — the Result is Completely Unexpected
Scientists put a spy camera underwater and collected footage featuring interaction between marine creatures and a turbine.
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Chinese Scientists Finally Prove a Forgotten 1930s Theory — Key Find for Dark Matter Research
After decades, Chinese researchers confirm the Migdal effect that may help reveal dark matter particles.
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