Fossil of Othniophyton elongatum. (Photo courtesy of Florida Museum, photograph by Jeff Gage) Researchers have found that an “alien plant” discovered 55 years ago near an abandoned town in Utah does not appear to belong to any existing family or…
Egyptian Maus have spots. (Photo credit: Mordolff via Getty Images) Leopards, cheetahs and Egyptian maus – many cats have gorgeous spots. While others, like tigers, have stripes and lions have no discernible patterns. But how exactly do cats form their…
An MRI scan shows a balloon-like sac filled with fluid and tissue bulging from the baby's back. (Image credit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©20
The app, called Tracking Streamer, tracks a person's movements, including head, wrist and finger movements, and transmits that data via a Wi-Fi connection to a robot on the same network. (Image credit: Younghyo Park via X) Researchers have developed an…
Frozen whitebark pines emerge from a melting glacier in the Yellowstone region. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Staehle, Montana State University) Ice melting in the Rocky Mountains has revealed a perfectly preserved forest that had been frozen for thousands of years.…
A squirrel runs with a vole in its mouth at Briones Regional Park, California. (Photo: Sonya Wild, University of California, Davis) Gophers primarily feed on seeds and nuts, but in a California park, these cute, furry creatures have become predators,…