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'Big-butt starfish,' 'little sweet potato' and dozens of never-before-seen species recorded during deep-sea expedition off ArgentinaResearchers have captured footage of a "big-butt seastar" off the coast of Argentina that looks like Patrick Star from "SpongeBob SquarePants."
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Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base camp last week.
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'It's like trying to grow a tree in an oven': Gold mining is sucking the Amazon rainforest dryGold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.
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Plains viscacha: A rodent that builds vast underground cities and ovulates more than any other mammalThe plains viscacha looks a lot like a chinchilla, but it's known for building vast tunnels underground and for producing more than 300 eggs at one time.
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Worst die-off of a single species in the modern era discovered — and 'the blob' was to blameThe blob — an extreme marine heatwave that hit the northeast Pacific between 2014 and 2016 — killed approximately 4 million common murre, and the population is yet to recover, a new study finds.
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Chungungo: The mini sea otter that lives on rocky cliffs and mates for lifeMarine otters live on rocky coasts with extreme swells and strong winds, with their dens built into crevices and caves.
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What is DANA, the strange weather phenomenon that has caused deadly flooding in Spain?With record-high Mediterranean temperatures and a year's worth of rain falling in mere hours, Spain has been devastated by the weather phenomenon known as DANA.
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Record-breaking fires engulf South America, bringing black rain, green rivers and toxic air to the continentThe Amazon fires, fueled by severe drought exacerbated by climate change, have created a toxic smoke cloud spanning about 4 million square miles — an area larger than the entire United States.
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Salps: The world's fastest-growing animals that look like buckets of snotIn just 48 hours, salps can reach maturity, making them the fastest-growing multicellular animals on Earth, with a significant impact on ocean health.
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See stunning photos of the Atacama Desert — the driest on Earth — blooming in winter for 1st time in a decade"This very arid soil houses a treasure," ecologist María Fernanda Pérez told Live Science after the Atacama Desert produced a rare winter bloom.
