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SeaWorld Announces Birth of Last Orca Bred in Captivity
The calf’s mother was pregnant when SeaWorld cancelled its controversial breeding program
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Almost Half of Natural World Heritage Sites Are Threatened by Criminal Activity
A WWF report found that illegal poaching, logging, and fishing impacts 45 percent of the designated locations
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Researchers Work to Take the Bias Out Of Facial Reconstruction
Instead of relying on European-centric data sets, researchers used a global database to help image a 13,600-year-old woman from Thailand
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Social Networks May Give Runners a Motivational Leg Up to Hit the Pavement
Friends’ running habits may have more influence on your workouts than you might think
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Salty Food Might Make You Drink Less, Not More
You can thank a future trip to Mars for a surprising new theory on how salt affects the body
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Jaw-Dropping Video Shows Blue Whale Chowing Down on Krill
A drone captured the giant cetaceans plowing through krill clouds to get their fill
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The Chance of Another El Niño Is Rising
As the year presses on, the likelihood of another wacky winter has grown
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Watch a Large Asteroid Streak Through the Night Sky
Only a small telescope will be needed
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After Centuries of Searching, Scientists Finally Find the Mysterious Giant Shipworm Alive
The three-foot long creature has long eluded scientists, but they finally got a closer look
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How Low Can Life Go? New Study Suggests Six Miles Down
Evidence of life from below a mud volcano hints at life beneath the crust
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Scientists Want to Freeze and Pulverize Your Old Computers
E-waste is a growing problem worldwide, but a new method could help take a byte out of the issue
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NASA Spots New Crack in Greenland Glacier
Is the Petermann Glacier getting ready to rupture again?
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Dingo Wins Competition for World’s Most Interesting Genome
The desert dingo beat out an explosive beetle, a pit viper and pink pigeon to win a grant to have its genome sequenced
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California’s Lush Super Bloom Is Even More Stunning From Space
Satellite images captured an explosion of flowers stretching across California’s desert hills
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Meet DeeDee, the Solar System’s Newest Dwarf Planet (Maybe)
Though the tiny icy orb meets all the criteria, it has yet to receive the official designation
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This Ant Species Rescues Wounded Comrades on the Battlefield
Though it may be counterintuitive, a new study suggests saving the injured benefits the colony more than leaving them for dead
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NASA Detects Microbe-Friendly Food Spouting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
The Cassini spacecraft has detected the ingredients for life in sprays from the icy world
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Black Marble Photo Shows Off Earth’s Darker Side
The composite shot could one day help scientists make the most of the night sky
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A Penguin Colony’s Rise and Fall, Recorded in Poop
A nearby volcano has decimated the gentoo colony on Ardley Island three times
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