Scientists discovered a number of “hydrothermal lost cities” deep in the Atlantic Ocean, where scalding water billows like smoke from the sea floor, the Miami Herald reported. Located more than 2,200 miles east of Miami, the exploration team came across three new hydrothermal vent fields while...
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Archaeologists recently discovered a two-foot tall Buddha at the site of an ancient Egyptian port city, the first such artifact found west of Afghanistan, and one that underscores the international links of ancient civilizations, according to Smithsonian Magazine. An excavation team of Polish and American researchers...
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A research team is using a novel but odd method to understand how birds fly: They are creating drones out of taxidermy birds. Lead researcher Mostafa Hassanalian and his team told LiveScience that their project seeks to better figure out the mechanics of avian flight and...
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Astronomers believe that the cosmos is full of examples of stars eating their planets, but evidence of the cataclysmic events has remained elusive – until now. Recently, a research team observed for the first time a star devouring its planet about 12,000 light-years away from Earth,...
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Carnivorous pitcher plants play a deadly waiting game when feeding themselves: These tubular florae attract insects to their petal-like leaves and then trap them inside their long, narrow cavity. Botanists and scientists have long wondered how these plants do it. Now, a new study has discovered that...
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Between 200 BCE and 100 CE, the Xiongnu nomadic culture dominated the Eurasian steppes, covering a vast territory from modern-day Kazakhstan to the edge of China. These mounted warriors from what is now Mongolia were also a persistent threat to their Chinese neighbors and one of...
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Elephant seals have some strange sleeping patterns, Cosmos Magazine reported. The marine mammals can sleep more than 10 hours per day when they’re on land during breeding season. But scientists have wondered if the seals get any shut-eye during months-long foraging trips in the Pacific Ocean. It...
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A recent study is shedding new light on the formation of the Andes Mountains, while underscoring the complexity of geological processes, Science Alert reported. The Andes range runs 5,530 miles down the western side of South America, with heights of up to 4.3 miles and a...
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Life as a pet is hard for parrots – they can easily feel isolated, lonely and bored. That’s especially true because many parrot species are very social, living in large, highly interactive flocks. Now, scientists have discovered that parrots can deal with the isolation blues and stave...
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A new study discovered that the bigger the animal, the harder it is for them to stay cool while traversing large distances, New Scientist reported. Scientists recently analyzed the maximum sustained speeds of more than 500 species of animals, ranging from insects to whales and elephants. The...
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The Vikings began settling in eastern Greenland in the late 10th century and thrived for around 400 years. Then in the mid-15th, they just packed up and abandoned their once thriving settlements, including the large Eastern Settlements. Historians have proposed a number of theories for the exodus,...
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Archeologists in Mexico discovered an intricate stone marker in the country’s southeast that was used by the ancient Mayan in a ballgame that resembles modern-day soccer, the Washington Post reported. The marker was unearthed at the Chichén Itzá archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, one of...
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Scientists recently found that marine species normally known to only dwell along the western Pacific Ocean’s coasts have been thriving on plastic garbage in the high seas, USA Today reported. Their analysis focused on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – also known as the North Pacific...
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Scientists have discovered that tigers have distinct personalities that can also determine how the big cats fare in the wild, according to Science Magazine. For their paper, researchers surveyed the caretakers of nearly 250 Siberian tigers living in two wildlife sanctuaries in northeastern China. The questionnaire...
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A new study found that wild African elephants are one of the few known species that may have domesticated themselves – meaning they didn’t need humans to tame them, according to New Scientist. Domestication is generally known as the process of adapting wild animals and plants...
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Egyptian texts and wall carvings depict warriors presenting the amputated hands of slain enemies to the pharaoh, who would then reward them with gold necklaces. Known as “gold of honor,” this gruesome practice has long been the subject of debate among scholars, but archaeologists recently discovered...
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Scientists have discovered that plants scream bloody murder when in distress, the Washington Post reported. It’s their cry for help, researchers said. To discover this, biologist Lilach Hadany and her colleagues conducted a study involving various plants, including tomatoes, tobacco, and cacti. The researchers placed the plants in...
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Marine scientists recently photographed a species of snailfish swimming nearly 8,336 meters, or 27,349 feet below sea level off the coast of Japan, the deepest a fish has ever been caught on camera, Insider reported. The researchers utilized an autonomous “lander” camera to capture footage of...
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The Cryogenian Period, often referred to as “Snowball Earth,” was a time in Earth’s history when the planet experienced extreme global glaciation, with ice sheets covering much of the planet’s surface. Occurring between 720 million and 635 million years ago, this era was extremely challenging for...
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Honeybees need to perform a specific dance to let their hive know the location of nearby nectar and pollen. Known as the “waggle dance,” the speedy choreography of twists and turns tells others a lot about the targeted flower, including its distance and deliciousness. But this intricate...
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