9+ hour, 47+ min ago  (637+ words) A powerful tsunami seen from space is overturning what scientists thought they knew about how these waves travel. A satellite designed to measure ocean surface height delivered a remarkable result when a powerful earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula unleashed a…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (538+ words) A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began " and it changed life on Earth forever. As a result, the specimen appears as a three-dimensional mummified fossil, preserved in its final position with one arm…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (806+ words) A new geological study sheds light on a previously hidden phase of the Colorado River's history. "In some ways, you could really think of it as the birth of the Colorado River that we know today," said first author and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (681+ words) Ancient DNA and protein analysis reveal that modern Old Irish Goats are closely related to Bronze Age populations. This continuity highlights both their historical importance and the need for conservation. New findings show that the Old Irish Goat is genetically…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (849+ words) Researchers are uncovering how underground water systems sustain the Grand Canyon and how they are changing over time. All of that water originates from a single source: Roaring Springs, a cave-fed spring located on the North Rim. It can be…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (348+ words) A new geological study reshapes the timeline of a major tectonic collision that helped form the Andes, suggesting key events occurred earlier than long assumed. The work, led by Victor Piedrahita (first author) and J. Li (corresponding author), focuses on rocks…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (526+ words) A new geodynamic model is reshaping how scientists understand supervolcanoes, revealing that their magma systems may be far more diffuse and dynamic than previously believed. Supervolcanoes'those that have produced supereruptions in the geological record'are often thought to contain long-lived, liquid-rich…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (255+ words) A small fossil snake may hold outsized clues about snake evolution, behavior, and an ancient ecosystem that looked nothing like today's. A newly identified fossil snake from Wyoming is rewriting scientists' understanding of snake evolution. The species, named Hibernophis breithaupti,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (796+ words) A chance discovery inside a long-overlooked fossil has revealed an unexpected chapter in pterosaur evolution. Around 110 million years ago, two small pterosaurs about the size of modern seagulls were flying over a lake or river, likely searching for food or…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (545+ words) Genetic changes enabled animals to repeatedly adapt from water to land, reshaping life on Earth. The question of how life first moved from water onto land continues to fascinate scientists. Early organisms would have faced entirely new environmental pressures outside…...