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8.8-magnitude earthquake sends tsunami into coasts of Russia, Japan and Alaska

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific....

Clues for dinosaurs’ diets found in the chemistry of their fossil teeth

You are what you eat, it turns out—even if your last meal was 150 million years ago. While the grub itself may be long gone,...

Fossil vertebra reveals hidden diversity of ancient reptiles before Earth’s largest mass extinction

An international research team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and from Buenos Aires and Washington D.C. has identified a new fossil from central...

Why 2025 became the summer of flash flooding in America

The National Weather Service has already issued more than 3,600 flash flood warnings across the United States in 2025, and that number is increasing...

AI and fiber optics reveal hidden earthquakes beneath the Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Northwest boasts an extensive network of more than 600 seismic monitoring stations that help researchers track tectonic and volcanic phenomena, including earthquakes. This...

How to watch two meteor showers peak together in late July

It's almost time for summer's meteor shower duet. The Southern Delta Aquariid and the Alpha Capricornid meteor showers peak at the same time—in the early...

Citizen scientists help count Galapagos marine iguanas using drone images

Nearly 14,000 volunteers took part in the citizen science project Iguanas from Above, helping to count endangered Galapagos marine iguanas through an online survey—and...

Fossil discovery reveals the Grand Canyon was a ‘Goldilocks zone’ for the evolution of early animals

A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the Grand Canyon, one...

Dinosaur tracks reveal first evidence of mixed-species herding behavior

Footprints of a multispecies herd of dinosaurs discovered in Canada demonstrate the social interaction between different dinosaur species 76 million years ago, according to...

Ancient caiman may have preyed on another apex predator—the giant ‘terror bird’

The La Venta fossil site in Colombia is home to a rich fossil record, yielding a particularly diverse set of vertebrate fossil assemblages. The...

Fossil once thought a caterpillar is now the oldest known nonmarine lobopodian

In a twist worthy of a detective novel, a long-misidentified fossil at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) has emerged as a key discovery...

Fossilized nervous system points to ocean origins for spiders and relatives

A new analysis of an exquisitely preserved fossil that lived half a billion years ago suggests that arachnids—spiders and their close kin—evolved in the...

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