Latest Stories in Natural Sciences - Page 4
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Nature Blows My Mind! The glowing millipedes of Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island is home to more than just ledgends and the ghosts of former prisoners. It's home to flourescent, many-legged bugs.
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Giant bat-eating spiders found everywhere except Antarctica
You might not have known that giant spiders capable of eating bats exist. Not only do they exist, but they're everywhere...
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Australian man gathers snakes, uses them to catch invasive rabbits
This brazen conservationist is proving that firepower, traps, and toxic chemicals aren't the only way to bag problem bunnies.
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BBC Documentary film-maker could be sued by Norway for 'disturbing polar bears'
Jason Roberts, a documentary film-maker, could be sued for £5,700 by Norwegian officials for 'disturbing polar bears' during the shoot of a recent BBC documentary.
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Man braves 2,000-degree lava flows for amazing photos
Sean King is a daring and budding photographer, and the images he brings home as trophies will make your jaw drop.
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There's life even at the deepest point of the ocean (11,000 meters down!)
More evidence that the old saying "life always finds a way" is correct was found at the deepest point of the planet's oceans, the Mariana Trench.
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Seal pups use surfboard as a slip-n-slide
A GoPro camera mounted to an old windsurfing board shows what harbor seal pups will get up to when given a new toy to play with!
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Scientists successfully create living embryo of an extinct species
UNSW researcher Mike Archer says that, at first, the egg seemed inactive. "But then, all of a sudden, one of the cells divided, and then it divided again, and again."
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Remora fish, those suckers of the sea, are inspiring new adhesives
Remora fish are known for their ability to latch on to other fish and not let go. How they do that is of interest to scientists, who are looking toward this fish for clues to better adhesives.
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Let this slime mold blow your mind! Haunt your dreams!
Watch this and marvel in the weird and wonderful world of slime mold.
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A Picture is Worth... Chris Hadfield tweets Pi from space
The commander of the International Space Station looks down at the Sahara Desert and thinks it looks like a pie crust.
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Town hangs dead vultures from trees to warn others to keep away
With the help of the USDA, Bridgewater, New Jersey, is tackling its vulture problem in one of the spookiest ways possible.
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House-eating invasive species of giant snail found in Australian port
File this one under "we think we've just dodged a bullet". Invasive species are a huge problem in general, but even moreso in ecosystems that are isolated.
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Antarctica seen naked for the first time!
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, along with collaborators from around the world, have created the most detailed map yet of what is hidden under Antarctica's ice sheets.
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Carl Sagan would love SpaceX's Grasshopper
As the Russian meteor recently reminded us, Earth is not immune from space rock. Thankfully impacts are rare, and big impacts even rarer, but as Carl Sagan so eloquently put it, we can't keep whistling in the dark forever.
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Stunning photography of To The Arctic book and film
The work of photographer Florian Schulz is complied in an IMAX film and companion book. We highlight some of the best of his images.
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Rescued alligator fitted with first-of-its-kind prosthetic tail
If there appears to be a glint of gratitude in this gator's generously-toothed grin, it just might be because he's feeling whole once again.
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15 months of a forest's life shown in 3-minute time-lapse
Wow... the wonder of the woods through the seasons.
