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First Close-Up Images Reveal Shackleton’s Lost Ship on the Ocean Floor
17+ hour, 39+ min ago (493+ words) More than a century after Ernest Shackleton last walked its deck, his final ship has emerged from the darkness at the bottom of the Labrador Sea....
“Weird Clams” Reveal a New Invasion Along the U.S. Northeast Coast
17+ hour, 44+ min ago (289+ words) A research team found reproducing populations of Manila clams in Cape Cod and Boston Harbor....
Rare Iridescent Optical Effect Discovered in a Famous Australian Frog
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (621+ words) An endangered Australian frog has been hiding a remarkable visual trick in plain sight. Researchers at the University of Newcastle discovered that the green and golden bell frog (Ranoidea aurea) has iridescent skin on its inner thighs. As the frog…...
Scientists May Have Finally Solved a Decades-Old Mystery Beneath the Pacific Ocean
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (228+ words) A thermochemical plume may explain how Earth’s largest oceanic plateau formed beneath the sea....
New Research Challenges a Long-Held Myth About Colorado Moose
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (874+ words) Evidence from archaeology, archives and Indigenous knowledge shows moose have a much longer history in Colorado than modern reintroductions suggest. Long before wildlife officials moved moose into Colorado in the late 1970s, the animals may already have been part of the…...
This 400-Year-Old Shark May Hold the Secret to Preserving Human Vision
1+ week, 2+ day ago (620+ words) A UC Irvine study identifies a DNA mechanism that helps these sharks maintain their vision over centuries. On a computer screen in her UC Irvine office, Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk watches a Greenland shark drift through the dark Arctic water. Its body…...
Why Swallowing a Fish Bone Can Become a Life-Threatening Medical Emergency
1+ week, 2+ day ago (474+ words) A swallowed fish bone can be far more dangerous than a brief choking scare....
This Strange Sea Creature Can Survive Five Years Without Food – Scientists Finally Know Why
1+ week, 5+ day ago (544+ words) Supergiant deep-sea isopods endure years without food by pairing an enlarged stomach with cold-adapted metabolic control. Going without food for a day is difficult. Going without food for five years seems impossible. Yet the supergiant bathynomid, a giant deep-sea isopod…...
Scientists Discover Wild Orangutans May Be Treating Themselves With Medicinal Plants
2+ week, 1+ day ago (394+ words) Orangutans may use specific plants for benefits beyond ordinary nutrition. For centuries, humans have relied on the medicinal properties of plants. Now, growing evidence suggests we may not be the only species that knows how to use nature’s pharmacy. A…...
Scientists Uncover a Previously Unknown Lineage of Ancient Marsupials
2+ week, 4+ day ago (977+ words) The discovery of a new branch on the marsupial family tree suggests that the history of Australia’s unique mammals is more complex and less understood than previously thought. Since marsupials reached Australia more than 55 million years ago, they have diversified…...