19+ hour, 29+ min ago   (495+ words) What is believed to be the first genomic study of white sharks in the Western North Atlantic has yielded fascinating results that are helping scientists further understand these apex predators and their patterns. A recent DNA study conducted by OCEARCH…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (402+ words) A scientist accidentally discovered a jaw-dropping Ice Age fossil –– an ancient molar tooth –– while conducting field surveys in San Mateo County. Brigid Lynch, a geomorphologist with Balance Hydrologics, was working on a project in a Midpeninsula Regional Open Space preserve…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (497+ words) Advancements in AI may soon allow humans to talk with animals, but some groups claim the research could be violating the animals’ right to privacy. Machine learning models are paving the way to catalogue and even mimic the sounds animals…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (313+ words) A New Hampshire resident who clashed with a mysterious animal suspected of terrorizing locals believes that a fox is behind the various attacks — as police hunt for the wild creature. “The way just it looked with the tail and kind…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) Two beluga whales, including one just rescued from a shuttered Canadian park, suddenly died at a Chicago aquarium — marking the facility’s third whale death in just over a week. Rain, a 20-year-old female who arrived at Shedd Aquarium weeks ago…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (296+ words) Scientists have discovered a pint-sized dragon lurking in the misty mountains of Thailand and named it “Syrax” after the mythical monster Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen rides in the HBO hit “House of the Dragon.” Acanthosaura Syrax, a mountain horned dragon, was…...