Science

The killer meteorite that extinguished the dinosaurs also torched North America’s forests and plants. The harsh conditions after the impact favored fast-growing flowering plants, nudging forests toward a new pecking order, a new study reports.

North Melbourne, Australia- Pets are an important part of our families, even the smallest pets hold a special place in our hearts. One pet owner in Australia stopped at nothing to save her pet goldfish’s life. She reportedly spent $200 for a lifesaving surgery.

YouTuber Vang Tsal got our attention after posting this footage of a colony of wasps that decided to call his attic window home.

A group of tourists recently got the treat of a lifetime on a whale watching tour, when two humpback whales hid from a pod of orcas right next to a whale watching boat.

Engineers at MIT in the US have completed their Cheetah robot, an agile machine that can navigate bumpy terrain in almost eerie silence, and hit sprinting speeds of up to 48 km/h (30 m/h). According to Jordan Pearson at Motherboard, the secret to this robot’s smooth gait is an algorithm that allows it to control the force of its footfalls, …

After more than 24 hours, a 35-foot humpback whale entangled in fishing line and net was freed about 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

According to a recent report from the Center for Biological Diversity, the population of monarch butterflies has fallen by 90 percent in the past 20 years.

SpaceX will soon be carrying the first 3D printer to the International Space Station (ISS). 3D printers will help astronauts make any part of the spaceship themselves so that they do not have to carry heavy spares.

According to the European Space Agency, as well as multiple media reports, including one from the BBC, the ESA is set to reveal the primary landing site for Rosetta’s lander Philae on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Paleontologists announced Thursday the discovery of a new genus and species of flying pterosaur found among a treasure trove of fossils in northeastern China. The new species so resembled the winged creatures in the popular 2009 film ‘Avatar,’ the scientists have named them Ikrandraco avatar. The name ‘Ikran’ is a tribute to James Cameron’s flying creatures in his sci-fi film …

The ozone layer that shields the Earth from the sun is showing the first signs of recovery, UN researchers have revealed.