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Birds nested alongside dinosaurs in the Arctic: Fossil find pushes polar nesting record back by 25 million years

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young. The same was...

How Greenland’s glacial troughs influence ocean circulation

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) serves as the Atlantic Ocean's conveyor belt, transporting warm water north toward the Arctic Circle and returning cold,...

Long shot science leads to revised age for land-animal ancestor

In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a lizard or salamander....

Severe floods threaten historic Romanian salt mine

Romanian authorities scrambled Friday to save a salt mine in the northern village of Praid from further damage after heavy rains worsened flooding at...

Should we add a Category 6 hurricane to the Saffir-Simpson scale? Experts weigh in

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season from June 1 through Nov. 30. A Northeastern researcher says the forecast...

Plateosaurus tail may have served as a powerful defensive weapon, paleontologists discover

A small team of paleontologists with members from Austria, Germany and Switzerland has found evidence suggesting that a herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Triassic...

Sweeping study of 7,000 years of monuments in South Arabia shows how pastoralists adapted to change

New research brings together 7,000 years of history in South Arabia to show how ancient pastoralists changed placement and construction of monuments over time...

The world’s best-preserved fossils are right outside Chicago: But there are no dinosaur bones at Mazon Creek

Sixty-five miles southwest of Chicago, a small hill that looks like a prop from an Indiana Jones movie breaks up the flat, monotone landscape....

Is Venus hiding dangerous asteroids?

Twenty years ago, the U.S. Congress instructed NASA to find 90% of near-Earth asteroids threatening Earth. They've made progress finding these asteroids that orbit...

Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century—we may avoid the worst climate scenarios, but the outlook is dire

Is climate action a lost cause? The United States is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement for the second time, while heat records over land...

Cheeky discovery: Scientists identify previously unknown soft tissue structure in dinosaurs

Researchers have found evidence of a previously unrecognized soft tissue structure in the cheek region of many dinosaur species, which they've called the "exoparia."...

Tornadoes kill more than 20 in south-central US

Severe storms swept through the US states of Missouri and Kentucky, leaving at least 21 people dead, laying waste to local communities and cutting...

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