- + Why Is July’s Full Moon Called a Buck Moon?—Make sure to go outside this weekend so you can see July’s full moon! Known as the Buck Moon, the full moon will reach peak illumination in...
- + ‘Apex’ Stegosaurus Auctioned for $44.6 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Dinosaur Fossil—NEW YORK — The nearly complete fossilized remains of a stegosaurus fetched $44.6 million at auction Wednesday, Sotheby’s said. The buyer&r...
- + Albert the Alligator’s Owner Sues New York State Agency in Effort to Be Reunited—Buffalo, N.Y. — An upstate New York man whose 750-pound alligator was seized is suing the state Department of Environmental Conservation in an e...
- + Winston, Beloved Gorilla at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Dies at 52—Escondido, Calif. — Winston, a western lowland gorilla who was a favorite attraction at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, has died at the age of 52...
- + Scientists Have Confirmed a Cave on the Moon that Could be Used to Shelter Future Explorers—CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and ...
- + What to Do if You Come in Contact With a Shark—In the past two months, multiple people have been attacked by sharks in Florida, Hawaii and Texas. And while some of these occurrences may not be out ...
- + Separating Truth From Fiction in the New Space Race Movie Fly Me to the Moon—In the walk-up to the 55th anniversary of the history-making Apollo 11 mission on July 20, Hollywood is hoping that a new movie about NASA staging a...
- + Separating Truth From Fiction in the New Space Race Movie Fly Me to The Moon—In the walk-up to the 55th anniversary of the history-making Apollo 11 mission on July 20, Hollywood is hoping that a new movie about NASA staging a...
- + A Stegosaurus Nicknamed Apex Will Be Auctioned in New York—New York — The nearly complete fossilized remains of a 161-million-year-old stegosaurus discovered in Colorado in 2022 will be auctioned by Soth...
- + The History of Shark Week—Get ready to dive into Shark Week! The annual Discovery Channel programming started Sunday and runs throughout this week until July 13. This year...
- + Crew of NASA’s Earthbound Simulated Mars Habitat Emerge After a Year—The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent ...
- + Hurricane Beryl Makes Landfall on Mexico’s Coast Near Tulum—Tulum, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Mexico’s coast near the resort of Tulum as a Category 2 storm early Friday, whipping...
- + U.S. Officials Plan to Kill Thousands of Owl Species to Save Another From Extinction—To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into ...
- + Why Beryl’s ‘Unprecedented’ Timing Is a Sign of Climate Change’s Impact on Extreme Weather—This week, Hurricane Beryl became the earliest hurricane in history to reach the Category 5 level in the Atlantic Ocean, battering the Caribbean and...
- + Why Beryl’s ‘Unprecedented’ Timing is a Signal of Climate Change’s Impact on Extreme Weather—This week, Hurricane Beryl became the earliest hurricane in history to reach the Category 5 level in the Atlantic Ocean, battering the Caribbean and...
- + White Rhino Born in a Chilean Zoo Gives Boost to the Near-Endangered Species—Santiago, Chile — Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost endangered species. ...
- + Diamond Shruumz Microdosing Candies May Be Linked to Death and Dozen of Illnesses, FDA Says—Federal health officials are investigating a possible death and dozens of illnesses tied to recalled “microdosing” candies lac...
- + What to Know as High Bacteria Levels Cause Beach Closures Across the United States—The Fourth of July holiday can often be a great opportunity to visit the seaside for a sandy getaway. But local governments across the U.S. have issue...
- + Spotted Lanternflies Are Back. Scientists Are Still Trying to Figure Out How Best to Kill Them—Spotted lanternflies have made their annual return for the summer, relaunching conversations about how best to kill the pesky insect that threatens v...
- + Rare White Buffalo Sacred to Native Americans Not Seen Since Birth, Officials Say—Yellowstone National Park officials said Friday a rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans has not been seen since its birth on June ...
- + Researchers Unveil New Pink Blob of Living Skin—Researchers on the hunt to make more complex humanoid robots have found a new way to make an artificial face move, in the form of a small, pink blob w...
- + Researchers Unveil New Pink Blob of Moving Skin—Researchers on the hunt to make more complex humanoid robots have found a new way to make an artificial face move, in the form of a small, pink blob w...
- + How Furry Pet Rabbits Can Become Invasive Feral Pests—Few domesticated animals have flourished as well as rabbits have when reintroduced into the wild—a phenomenon that has often had economic and ec...
- + Florida’s Balloon Ban Will Protect Sea Turtles, Birds and Other Marine Life—Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) — Sea turtles, marine birds and children under 7 will be protected under a new Florida law that bans the intentional rele...
- + Tribes Honor the Birth of Rare White Buffalo Calf in Yellowstone—West Yellowstone, Mont. (AP) — Dancing, drumming, singing and the retelling of how a mysterious woman brought a message of reassurance during ha...
- + A Chinese Lunar Probe Returns to Earth With the World’s First Samples From the Far Side of the Moon—BANGKOK — China’s Chang’e 6 probe returned on Earth with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a ...
- + Midwestern Flooding Collapses a Bridge and Kills at Least Two—North Sioux City, S.D. — Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. killed at least two, collapsed a railroad bridge and sent water surging around a dam Mo...
- + 10 Fascinating Facts About the Summer Solstice—In 2024, June 20 marks the summer solstice, the first official day of astronomical summer. “Solstice” means the sun has gotten as hig...
- + Scientists Track a Super-Sized Fungus That Hijacks Cicadas—(LISLE, ILL.) — With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of t...
- + The Scents and Colors Mosquitoes Are Drawn to—As the weather starts heating up this week, you may be tempted to go outside—but with the outdoors comes the possibility of getting bitten by ...
- + See the Photos of the Rare Cicada Emergence—Earlier this spring, two broods of cicadas—the 13-year Brood XIX and 17-year Brood XIII— made history in a co-emergence that had not bee...
- + Space Station ‘Emergency’ Turns Out to Be False Alarm—Among the most dreaded people at NASA are the folks known as the simsups. Simsup is short for simulation supervisor and the people who hold that job a...
- + Godspeed, Ed Stone—the Man Who Showed Us the Solar System—Steve Synnott never forgot the day Ed Stone let him name a moon. It was 1980 and Synnott was a member of the navigation team for the Voyager 1 and ...
- + Reported Birth of Rare White Buffalo Calf in Yellowstone Park Fulfills Lakota Prophecy—Helena, Mont. — The reported birth of a rare white buffalo in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times, a...
- + Former Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders Killed in Washington Plane Crash—SEATTLE — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue ...
- + Your Questions About the Joro Spider, Answered—Alarm over the possible arrival of the Joro spider in the greater New York City area has sparked concern across the Northeast over the scary-looking...
- + First U.S. Case of Sexually Transmitted Fungal Infection Found in New York City—A new sexually transmitted fungal infection has been detected for the first time in the U.S., health experts announced Wednesday. A study, publis...
- + Origin of the Modern Horse Traced to a Lineage That Emerged 4,200 Years Ago—Washington — The horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse. ...
- + SpaceX’s Starship Mega Rocket Completes Its Fourth Test Flight Without Exploding—SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texa...
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