
Sascha Pare
Sascha is a U.K.-based staff writer at Live Science. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Southampton in England and a master’s degree in science communication from Imperial College London. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and the health website Zoe. Besides writing, she enjoys playing tennis, bread-making and browsing second-hand shops for hidden gems.
Latest articles by Sascha Pare

Most complete Tasmanian tiger genome yet pieced together from 110-year-old pickled head
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers working with Colossal Biosciences have assembled a near-complete Tasmanian tiger genome and developed artificial reproductive technologies that could help de-extinct the species.

Ghostly white giant worms appear to be reproducing under the seafloor where tectonic plates meet
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands.

Grand tomb of Roman gladiator found in Turkey actually contains the remains of 12 other people
By Sascha Pare published
Inside a basilica in Turkey, researchers have unearthed a bone-filled tomb that may have belonged to a Roman gladiator named Euphrates and was later repurposed for a dozen people.

'Many more ancient structures waiting to be discovered': Lost chunk of seafloor hidden in Earth's mantle found off Easter Island
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers created a seismic map of Earth's interior beneath the southeastern Pacific Ocean and discovered an ancient slab of oceanic crust that appears to be stuck midway through the mantle.

Hranice Abyss: The deepest freshwater cave on Earth and a conduit to a 'fossil' sinkhole
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists first described the flooded cave in 2016 but determined its extraordinary extent years later.

We're one step closer to finding out why Siberia is riddled with exploding craters
By Sascha Pare published
A new physical model suggests meltwater from thawing permafrost on Russia's Yamal Peninsula can unlock methane sources at depth, triggering explosions that open enormous craters at the surface.

32,000-year-old mummified woolly rhino half-eaten by predators unearthed in Siberia
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers found the carcass in August 2020 in Russia's Sakha Republic, and the discovery has revealed a never-before-seen characteristic of woolly rhinos: a fatty hump on the animal's back.

Scientists confirm there are 40 huge craters at the bottom of Lake Michigan
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers recently surveyed the bottom of Lake Michigan after spotting strange circles on the lakebed in 2022. New observations show the circles are craters, but how they formed remains unclear.

Nazaré: The big-wave surfer's paradise born out of the largest underwater canyon in Europe
By Sascha Pare published
Every year, record-seeking surfers and spectators descend on the small Portuguese town of Nazaré for the "big wave" season, when water can surge up to 100 feet (30 meters) tall.

Watch extremely rare footage of a bigfin squid 'walking' on long, spindly arms deep in the South Pacific
By Sascha Pare published
While exploring the Tonga Trench in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean, researchers captured extremely rare footage of a Magnapinna squid with arms several times the length of its body.

Pollen allergies drove woolly mammoths to extinction, study claims
By Sascha Pare published
A boom in vegetation at the end of the last ice age may have created so much pollen, it blocked mammoths' sense of smell. A new study suggests this drove the beasts to extinction, but not everyone agrees.

Bizarre polar vortex over Antarctica delayed ozone hole opening, scientists say
By Sascha Pare published
The Antarctic ozone hole usually starts forming in early August, but rare warming events and a strangely elongated polar vortex this year may have delayed its arrival.

Weird 'zebra rock' on Mars is unlike anything seen before on Red Planet, NASA says
By Sascha Pare published
NASA's Perseverance rover has sent home pictures of a mysterious black-and-white striped rock, the likes of which scientists have never seen before on Mars.

Lost biblical tree resurrected from 1,000-year-old mystery seed found in the Judaean Desert
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists have grown an ancient seed from a cave in the Judaean Desert into a tree — and it could belong to a locally-extinct species with medicinal properties mentioned several times in the Bible.

Fossils from lush 53 million-year-old South Pole rainforest discovered in Tasmania
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers have identified 12 ancestral plant species from an early Eocene fossil assemblage in Tasmania that once formed part of a giant, circumpolar forest.

Rainbow swamp: The flooded forest in Virginia that puts on a magical light show every winter
By Sascha Pare published
Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia's First Landing State Park are treated to a mesmerizing rainbow light show courtesy of the park's bald cypress swamp.

'Mountain of God' volcano in Tanzania is bulging, study finds
By Sascha Pare published
Satellite data suggest a volcano in Tanzania that expels extremely runny lava could be creeping toward an eruption.

Gateway to the underworld: The enormous permafrost 'megaslump' in Siberia that keeps getting bigger
By Sascha Pare published
The growing "gateway to the underworld," officially known as the Batagay megaslump, is the largest megaslump in the world and exposes permafrost layers that are 650,000 years old.

'Exceptional' eclipse image and stunning 'Dolphin Head nebula' among 2024's Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners
By Sascha Pare published
A composite image of an annular solar eclipse showing Baily's Beads won top prize at the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest.

Watch 'spaghetti monster' with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers exploring the seafloor off the coast of Chile recently captured mesmerizing footage of a flying spaghetti monster — a carnivorous, colonial creature with countless milky-white arms.

Gulf Stream collapse would throw tropical monsoons into chaos for at least 100 years, study finds
By Sascha Pare published
If Atlantic Ocean currents collapse due to melting ice sheets, researchers predict there will be huge shifts in tropical monsoon systems — and the effects could be irreversible for at least 100 years.

White Shark Café: The mysterious meeting spot for great whites in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
By Sascha Pare published
Every winter and spring, great white sharks that usually dwell off the coast of California gather in a remote section of ocean the size of Colorado — and scientists are slowly piecing together why.

Massive helium reservoir in Minnesota could solve US shortage
By Sascha Pare published
A helium reservoir with the highest concentrations ever seen could hold enough of the gas to address critical shortages in the U.S. affecting tech, medicine and space exploration.

Silver is being buried beneath the sea, and it's all because of climate change, study finds
By Sascha Pare published
For the first time, researchers have linked the amount of silver being buried in marine sediments to human-made climate change.

Earthquakes can trigger quartz into forming giant gold nuggets, study finds
By Sascha Pare published
Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets.
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