From sports to pop culture, there are few themes more appealing than a good comeback. They happen in nature, too. Even with the Earth losing species at a historic rate, some animals have defied the...
The World Health Organization confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in the central African country of Equatorial Guinea on Feb. 13, 2023. To date, there have been 11 deaths...
More than 13,000 years ago, Miracinonyx trumani was a species of cheetah-like cat that inhabited the North American prairies and steppe landscapes, but it is now extinct. “Among land vertebrates,...
With the continued emissions of greenhouse gases, it doesn't seem that there is a solution that can stop global warming. However, a group of astrophysicists have recently shown that there is a...
The catastrophic earthquake that has killed thousands across Turkey and Syria has led to the earth moving three metres in its wake, an expert has said. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck a large...
Ask people to find the world’s rainforests on a globe, and most will probably point to South America. But North America has rainforests too – and like their tropical counterparts, these...
A tiger escaped from a residence and roamed the countryside outside Johannesburg, South Africa, for four days this month. It attacked a man and killed several animals, and was eventually shot by the...
Almost 30% of tree species in the wild are now at risk of extinction, with a wide range of factors responsible for their decline, according to analysis released Wednesday. Published by Botanic...
A new study, published by Deakin University in Australia, found that birds, in particular, are developing larger beaks, legs and ears to better regulate their body temperatures. Rather than thinking...
Near-black frogs far outnumber their highlighter-yellow fellows in Chernobyl's radiation-blasted ecosystems, in a direct example of "evolution in action," a new study shows. The study, published...
