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Melting Antarctica Could Drown Coasts Much Sooner Than You Thought. Burning all the Earth’s remaining coal, oil and natural gas would trigger enough warming to melt the entire Antarctic ice shelf, eventually obliterating coastal regions around the world, researchers said in a report Friday. Read More »

A giant slab of ice as big as California and Texas combined lurks just beneath the surface of Mars between its equator and north pole, researchers say. This ice may be the result of snowfall tens of millions of years ago on Mars, scientists added. The discovery “could help us understand if locations on Mars were once habitable,” lead author ... Read More »

A rare dolphin has been spotted in Louisiana Waters. Researchers have aptly named her ‘Pinky’, the mysterious bottlenose dolphin has finally determined to be female, and she has resurfaced again in Louisiana. Read More »

An ancient and giant virus, which was recently discovered in the Siberian wastelands, is going to be reanimated by France’s National Center for Scientific Research, or CNRS, scientists. The French researchers that have unearth the virus promised to make sure that the virus won’t be dangerous to anyone first. Read More »

The results of a new national air quality survey released Wednesday shows levels of fine particulate pollution and ozone exposure in Red Deer, Alta., exceed safe standards. And four of the province’s six air zones, including the Upper and Lower Athabasca and North and South Saskatchewan, all home to major oil and gas projects, are fast approaching those limits, according ... Read More »

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says that the amount and types of human interaction with a juvenile beluga whale who has been hanging out in the waters in Grates Cove have increased to the point where DFO is concerned for the health and safety of the animal. A statement Friday from DFO said the whale’s “normal life process” is ... Read More »

Drone captures photos of endangered baby orca swimming alongside mother. The new calf is the fifth baby since December to be born to the endangered population of killer whales that spend time in Washington state waters. Read More »

The discovery of a new human ancestor could fundamentally change our understanding of how we evolved. The creature, named Homo Naledi, is described as having a surprising mix of human and primitive characteristics. The being may be an early member of the evolutionary group including humans and our closest extinct relatives, but it is not thought to be a direct ... Read More »

Do whales have culture? That may just be the case. Scientists believe they have new insights into the different dialects used by groups of sperm whales. New research shows how whales at different spots around the globe communicate with different variations of the sound, an analogue to human dialects. Read More »

An incredible find at a Southern California construction site: Fossils from the last Ice Age, including bones of ancient mammoths and a prehistoric bison. According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, a new home development project in Carlsbad, Calif. has unearthed a cache of prehistoric animal remains, including the remnants of mammoths, horses, turtles, and a bison. The report said the ... Read More »

An enormous row of 90 megalithic stones has been found buried beneath the prehistoric super-henge of Durrington Walls earthworks, only one mile from the world-famous site of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. Built about 4,500 years ago, the stones lined an arena that was probably used for religious ceremonies or solstice rituals. Using ground-penetrating radar on Salisbury Plain, scientists been found ... Read More »