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World's oldest DNA reveals secrets of lost Arctic ecosystem from 2 million years agoResearchers have unearthed tiny fragments of DNA in the Arctic that were left by plants, microbes and animals that lived in a previously unknown ecosystem in Greenland.
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Trees Flirt with Death During Dry PeriodsTree growth in temperate forests is driven by availability of water and not by temperature as previously thought.
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Bizarre translucent 'Jell-O fish' pulled up from icy depths in AlaskaThe gelatinous fish also has a strange suction cup on its belly.
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Spiraling vortex of 60 sharks rips apart a dead humpback whale in mesmerizing new videoThere were potentially even more sharks in the swarm.
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Massive bulldog-faced dinosaur was like a T. rex on steroidsA hefty abelisaurid is the fourth large, predatory dinosaur discovered in Egypt's Bahariya Formation, alongside other sizable Cretaceous carnivores.
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Discovery of 'hidden world' under Antarctic ice has scientists 'jumping for joy'Researchers in Antarctica have discovered a hidden ecosystem more than 1,600 feet below the ice, which is filled with shrimplike creatures.
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Mysterious Mexican mangrove forest is 'trapped in time' hundreds of miles from the coastA new study has revealed that a landlocked mangrove forest in the Yucatán Peninsula migrated there from the coast when sea levels were much higher, around 125,000 years ago.
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World's largest rodents are taking over a fancy gated community in ArgentinaCapybaras have overrun a gated community in Argentina which was controversially built over their original habitat.
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Why do deserts get so cold at night?Desert temperatures can fluctuate greatly between day and night, due to the poor heat-retaining properties of sand and a lack of humidity.
