
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

Giant coyote killed in southern Michigan turns out to be a gray wolf — despite the species vanishing from region 100 years ago
By Sascha Pare published
A hunter who killed a gray wolf during a legal coyote hunt in Michigan's Lower Peninsula in January said he mistook the animal for a large coyote.

Underwater robot in Siberia's Lake Baikal reveals hidden mud volcanoes — and an active fault
By Sascha Pare published
Video cameras mounted on an autonomous underwater robot captured footage of cracks associated with mud volcanism close to a potentially active fault on the shores of Lake Baikal.

A war of the rats was raging in North America decades before the Declaration of Independence
By Sascha Pare published
Rodent bones from archaeological settlements and shipwrecks in North America reveal that brown rats were introduced earlier than thought and came to dominate black rats within a few decades.

'It's had 1.1 billion years to accumulate': Helium reservoir in Minnesota has 'mind-bogglingly large' concentrations
By Sascha Pare published
Laboratory results for a helium reservoir discovered in northern Minnesota suggest concentrations of the sought-after gas are the highest the industry has ever seen.

Secretive Delta IV Heavy rocket launch postponed indefinitely
By Sascha Pare last updated
The final liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket was postponed indefinitely following a last-minute nitrogen issue.

Orca calf refuses to leave a lagoon where its mother stranded and died off Vancouver Island
By Sascha Pare published
Rescuers have been trying to coax a 2-year-old orca from a lagoon off Vancouver Island and back to the ocean for five days, but they only have a 30-minute window every day when waters are high.

21-year-old student dies of H5N1 bird flu in Vietnam
By Sascha Pare published
A man developed symptoms of fever earlier this month and tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

In world 1st, dairy cows in Texas and Kansas test positive for H5N1 bird flu
By Sascha Pare published
Unpasteurized milk samples and throat and nose swabs from cows on U.S. dairy farms have tested positive for bird flu, marking the second known cases in ruminants in the U.S.

Single enormous object left 2 billion craters on Mars, scientists discover
By Sascha Pare published
An object that slammed into Mars roughly 2.3 million years ago created 2 billion smaller craters around the main Corinto impact crater, near the Red Planet's equator.

Odysseus lunar lander, 1st US craft on the moon in 50 years, has died and will 'not complete another call home'
By Sascha Pare published
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander has failed to awaken following its plunge into lunar night, despite the spacecraft's solar panels now receiving enough sunlight to ostensibly power its radio.

The sea 'began to boil': Freak volcanic eruption of Santorini 1,300 years ago indicates huge blasts can occur during time of quiet
By Sascha Pare published
A giant layer of pumice and ash found buried underwater in the Santorini caldera indicates an eruption in A.D. 726 was much bigger than previously thought.

Sleeping subduction zone could awaken and form a new 'Ring of Fire' that swallows the Atlantic Ocean
By Sascha Pare published
A modeling study suggests a slumbering subduction zone below the Gibraltar Strait is active and could break into the Atlantic Ocean in 20 million years' time, giving birth to an Atlantic "Ring of Fire."

What does python taste like? Because it could be slithering onto our dinner plates.
By Sascha Pare published
A study conducted on two snake farms has found that breeding pythons for meat is more energy and resource-efficient than current livestock production, offering a viable protein alternative.

Watch woodpecker evict starling that stole its nest by yanking it out with its beak
By Sascha Pare published
A bird photographer in Michigan has captured dramatic footage of the moment a red-headed woodpecker found a starling in its tree trunk nest and evicted it by yanking it out.

COVID pandemic knocked 1.6 years off global life expectancy, study finds
By Sascha Pare published
Global life expectancy had been on the rise since 1950, but this historical trend was reversed between 2019 and 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mass grave of plague victims may be largest ever found in Europe, archaeologists say
By Sascha Pare published
Archaeologists in southern Germany have unearthed the skeletons of 1,000 plague victims from eight pits, forming what could be the largest mass grave ever excavated in Europe.

Patagonian mara: The monogamous rodents that mate only a few times a year but pee on each other constantly
By Sascha Pare published
Male Patagonian maras follow females wherever they go and rub poop on the ground around them to deter rival males.

390 million-year-old fossilized forest is the oldest ever discovered
By Sascha Pare last updated
Researchers have discovered a fossil forest with small, palm-like trees and arthropod tracks dating back to the Middle Devonian.

1,100-year-old Viking sword pulled from UK river by magnet fisher
By Sascha Pare published
Experts have confirmed that a sword pulled from a river in Oxfordshire at the end of last year is an "archaeologically rare" Viking weapon dating to between A.D. 850 and 975.

Scientists just discovered a massive reservoir of helium beneath Minnesota
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers have discovered a large gas reservoir boasting extremely high concentrations of helium that could boost a dwindling global supply in Minnesota's Iron Range.

Woolly mammoth de-extinction inches closer after elephant stem cell breakthrough
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists at the company Colossal Biosciences have derived induced pluripotent stem cells from elephants, which they say could boost efforts to resurrect woolly mammoths.

More than 140 graves found by medieval abbey in Northern Ireland, including executed criminals
By Sascha Pare published
Archaeologists have unearthed human remains thought to date to the 14th or 15th century in a newly discovered cemetery that likely belonged to a demolished medieval abbey in Northern Ireland.

Iceland volcano: Grindavík evacuated over eruption threat, residents warned they 'enter the town at their own risk'
By Sascha Pare published
Icelandic authorities have advised residents and employees in Grindavík against staying in the town as the risk of a new eruption and of cracks opening up increases.

Male humpback whale seen forcing sex on emaciated, injured male in extremely rare encounter
By Sascha Pare published
Photographs taken off Maui, Hawaii, show the first documented case of a male humpback whale sexually penetrating another male, with the latter appearing injured and covered in parasites.

Scientists say dehydrating the stratosphere could be plausible option to combat climate change
By Sascha Pare published
A new study explores the possibility of removing water from the air before it enters the stratosphere, where water vapor acts as a greenhouse gas, to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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