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Will we ever be able to stop using plastic?While the push to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is spurring alternatives to petroleum in other sectors, phasing out plastic, particularly for medical applications, will be very tough.
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How much oil is left and will we ever run out?We may never run out of oil, though known reserves are expected to last for about 50 years, current estimates suggest.
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Double cicada bloom 2024: Google Doodle celebrates once-in-221-year event with band of bugsThe "cicada-geddon" is the result of the co-emergence of Brood XIII and Brood XIX, with billions of bugs crawling out of the ground across parts of Eastern U.S.
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Aardwolf: The weirdo hyena cousin that eats 300,000 termites each nightAardwolves — the "weird cousin" of the hyena world that has peg teeth and only eats insects — are an evolutionary mystery, stemming from a ghost lineage that scientists haven't been able to figure out.
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Watch female octopus drag male around during sex in rare footage captured off Indonesian islandUnusual octopus mating session captured in rare and comical footage filmed off the Indonesian island of Bunaken for new National Geographic show.
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Brutal footage shows orca mom and son team up to drown another pod's calfFirst of its kind footage captures the moment an orca mom and her son drown a calf in an extremely rare case of infanticide.
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Giant ball of Burmese pythons having sex discovered in Florida Everglades in record-breaking catchIn a record-setting expedition, conservationists in the Everglades captured and removed 11 invasive pythons from the environment.
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'They are very well aware of their agency': Elephant calf burial ritual discovered in IndiaElephant burial rituals have been discovered in India, with herd members placing calves upside down in irrigation pits then covering the bodies with soil.
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Snakes are built to evolve at incredible speeds, and scientists aren't sure whySnakes have an evolutionary clock that ticks a lot faster than many other groups of animals, allowing them to diversify and evolve at super quick speeds, researchers have discovered.
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Why is a mushroom growing on a frog? Scientists don't know, but it sure looks weirdFirst ever documented evidence of a fungus, suspected to be a Mycena species, growing on the body of a seemingly healthy frog.
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Eerie photograph captures whales hunted off Greenland lying in their watery graveHaunting image showing two whales with their bones picked clean off the coast of Greenland has won the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024 competition.
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Watch 30-foot Jurassic sea monster come back to life in David Attenborough's new pliosaur showIn 2022, fossil hunters noticed a snout sticking out of a cliff face on the Jurassic Coast. It turned out to be one of the largest and most complete pliosaur skulls ever discovered.
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'We were very surprised': Magma under Reykjanes Peninsula rushed into Grindavík dike at a shockingly fast rateMagma flowed into the dike beneath Grindavík at a rate almost 100 times higher than what was seen in the eruptions that took place between 2021 and 2023.
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Iceland volcano: Mass of magma pooling beneath ground north of Grindavík indicates imminent eruptionMagma continues to accumulate in a chamber beneath Svartsengi and has now reached levels thought to have triggered the volcanic eruption that sent lava flowing into Grindavík on Jan. 14.
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'Nothing is out of the question': Iceland volcano primed to erupt again, Grindavík still in danger zoneThe Icelandic Met Office has warned magma beneath Reykjanes Peninsula is quickly reaching levels seen before the Jan. 14 eruption, and a fissure could open with just one hour of warning.
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Watch chameleon erupt in color 'as if uttering her last words' in her final moments before deathFootage of Labord's chameleon in last moments of her short life shows her skin burst into 'chaotic technicolor patterns' — a spectacle never observed in the wild before.
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Pangolin courtship ritual and birth of a 'pangopup' captured in incredible, rare footagePangolin courtship rituals can last hours and require lots of adjusting for the couple's scaly armor, incredible new footage shot for the PBS series "Big Little Journeys" reveals.
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'The area has reactivated': Iceland volcano gears towards another eruption leaving Grindavík in precarious positionIceland volcano appears to be gearing up for another eruption as more magma accumulates beneath the surface and the land around Svartsengi continues to rise.
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Iceland volcano could erupt again 'without warning' as magma still moving beneath GrindavíkTwo fissures spewing lava opened up near Grindavík, destroying three houses in the town — and experts have warned new eruptions could take place any time.
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Whale with broken back spotted near Mexico after suspected ship collision will likely dieA humpback whale off Baja California Sur with a deformed spine was likely hit by a ship and the injury will probably be fatal, an expert told Live Science.
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'This is unlikely to be an isolated event': 1st polar bear death from bird flu spells trouble for speciesBird flu could be another blow for polar bear populations that are already at risk from climate change.
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10 creatures that washed up on the world's beaches in 2023Rare sightings and haunting creatures of the deep appeared on beaches around the world this year — here are 10
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Our favorite stories about Earth and its creatures this yearDolphins with thumbs and eruptions of diamonds from Earth's center topped our list of favorite stories this year.
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Iceland volcano LIVE: Likelihood of further eruptions diminished, lava flows appear to have ceasedLIVE Latest updates on the volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula, which began erupting on Monday (Dec. 18) north of the small fishing village of Grindavík following weeks of localised earthquakes and sinkholes.
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