Genetic Poker: Why Inbreeding Is A Danger
Humans must learn about the dangers of inbreeding before it's too late.
View ArticleHow Hawthorns Helped Create An Ecological Balance
History can explain why plants and animals look the way they do today.
View ArticleCoal May Have Contributed To Mass Extinction
Canadian researchers have found evidence that coal may have contributed to the disaster that killed off the dinosaurs.
View ArticleWas There An Extinction Refuge For Animals?
How did some animals manage to survive the extinction?
View ArticleGlobal Warming: Is It Happening?
Global warming is a topic of political debate and scientific study these days. Is it happening? Scientists say the evidence is pointing in that direction.
View ArticleHow Do Scientists Figure Out If A Dinosaur Is A New Species?
Scientists are using bone histology to sort things out. They've already concluded that Stygimoloch, was a juvenile Pachycephalosaurus, not a new species.
View ArticleWhen Continents Collide: The History Of Our Planet
It was one of the Earth's momentous times. Continents collided. Volcanoes erupted. Ocean currents shifted. Species ran amok.
View ArticleWhat Happened To The Neanderthals?
Scientists have found evidence that by the time modern humans arrived in Europe, Neanderthals had already experienced an extinction scare.
View ArticleGreat White Sharks
Which species of shark is the meanest? What would your guess be, maybe a great white? Well, there's really no such thing as a "mean" shark. Learn more on this Moment of Science.
View ArticleHow Did Animals Survive The Ice Age?
How did animals respond to the ice age? Ancient bison preserved in the Canadian arctic have given scientists a clue.
View ArticleExtinct Isn’t Always Forever
Usually we think of extinction as the end of the line for members of the domain of life. Interestingly, though, there are exceptions.
View ArticleInbred Mammoths
Did climate change wipe out the wooly mammoth? The fossil record may tell a different story of the mammoth's demise.
View ArticleThe Bugs Will Love This
New research indicates drastic results if White Nose Syndrome continues to kill bats at the present rate.
View ArticleDeclining Biodiversity—Is Earth Dying?
Human behavior is placing at least a third of Earth's species at risk of extinction.
View ArticleHuman Beings: Superpredators?
Technology is enabling humans to hunt and fish at unprecedented rates, putting many species at risk of extinction.
View ArticleThe Largest Rodent
Archaeologists discover the fossil of a monstrous rodent that lived eight million years ago.
View ArticleA World Without Insects
Without insects, you'd eliminate certain kinds of fruits and vegetables, and that might make it difficult to put together a picnic lunch. And of course, you'd also miss out on insect products like...
View ArticleInsects May Have Killed Dinosaurs
Malaria has existed in insects for at least 100 million years.
View ArticleGreat White Sharks
Which species of shark is the meanest? What would your guess be, maybe a great white? Well, there's really no such thing as a "mean" shark. Learn more on this Moment of Science.
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