Science

Pink sea slugs stick to Northern California, The Hopkins’ rose nudibranch (Okenia rosacea) is locally common in southern California but sporadic in central California and rare north of San Francisco. In the past few weeks, however, researchers from UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, Bodega Marine Laboratory, and the California Academy of Sciences have reported densities of up to dozens ... Read More »

Jeremy The Koala Returns Home, The young koala was injured earlier this month and was treated at the Australian Marine Wildlife Research and Rescue Organisation (AMWRRO) in Port Melbourne after being rescued by a firefighter in the Adelaide Hills. Read More »

Amateur video captured near Campbell River earlier this week shows northern resident killer whales displaying rare behaviour on the beach that has scientists excited. Read More »

A video shows a bizarre horse-shaped UFO near an erupting volcano in Mexico. The Colima volcano in Mexico, located approximately 300 miles west of Mexico City, has erupted several times in recent weeks. These incredible eruptions have been captured on video by a webcam hosted by Webcams de Mexico. Read More »

University of California Irvine and Australian chemists have released some egg-cellent research: They have figured out how to unboil egg whites, a process that could help lower the production cost of cancer treatments and other pricy medications. Read More »

The H.L Hunley was the first submarine built during the American Civil War, and after the vessel became the first submersible to sink another ship in wartime, it sunk off the coast of South Carolina. Now, researchers are able to study the construction and design of this historic marine vessel, built by a desperate Confederate military as their forces suffered ... Read More »

Pit Bull Dachshund Mix Goes Viral For Adorably Unique Aesthetic, His name is Rami and he is creating a lot of buzz on the Internet. Read More »

A Sierra Nevada red fox has been spotted at Yosemite for the first time in nearly 100 years, park officials announced Wednesday. Read More »

Researchers Solve Piece of Easter Island Mystery, famous for its monolithic statues, is puzzling place. Not only do researchers continue to argue over exactly how the faraway Pacific island came to be inhabited, scientists also debate how it came to be so quickly abandoned. But new research offers some clarity to confusion over the eventual exodus of native Easter Islanders, ... Read More »

A ‘dragon of Qijianglong’ has been discovered in China by University of Alberta dino researchers. U of A paleontologists — including PhD student Tetsuto Miyashita, former MSc student Lida Xing and professor Philip Currie — discovered the new species of a long-necked dinosaur from a skeleton found in China. The findings have been published in a new paper in the ... Read More »

The partial skull of an anatomically modern human who lived alongside the Neanderthals about 55,000 years ago has been unearthed from a cave in northern Israel, scientists say. Read More »