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80 Shooting Stars Per Hour to Ring in the New Year With January Stargazing Spectacular
As the New Year celebrations finish up, the first meteor shower of the year promises to be one of the most impressive. They're called...
Bison Herd New to Park Uncover Ancient Petroglyphs With Their Hooves Fulfilling Indigenous Prophecy
In a remarkable and inspiring occurrence, the reintroduction of plains bison to ancestral First Nations lands in Canada saw the beasts unearth important petroglyphs,...
Teen Girl’s Secret Message Left in a Wall 48 Years Ago is Found: ‘I was Absolutely Shocked!’
A 150-year-old house was being restored in a small town outside of Peoria when a construction worker found a message left in a bottle...
Complete Dinosaur Fossil Found by a Dog Renews Rural Coal Town in Colorado
By Derek Maiolo
Ten years ago, a clumsy but enthusiastic Great Dane named Walter was out with his owners on public land near Rangely, Colorado,...
Watch Mars Kiss Our Crescent Moon – the Highlight of April Stargazing
As we are only a week of waxing away from the full moon of April, it's worth taking a look at other celestial sightseeing...
Rare Chance for You to See a ‘Messier Marathon’ Stargazing Event This Month
A minor meteor shower and a few conjunctions offer some great beginner stargazing events this March, but the really exciting opportunity in the heavens...
Earliest Evidence of Ancestors Using Tools Up to Three Million Years Ago Unearthed in Kenya
The earliest evidence of human ancestors using tools up to three million years ago has been unearthed in Kenya.
They were employing some of the...
Paleontologists in India Have Hit on an Epic Find: Hundreds of Bowling Ball-Sized Titanosaur Eggs
Indian paleontologists recently uncovered a find of titanic proportions—a series of sauropod nests or "clutches" that contained 256 dinosaur eggs in total.
The eggs yielded...
Bizarre Creature From China Had a Dinosaur Head on Bird’s Body – a Missing Link From 120 Million Years Ago
The evolution of dinosaurs into birds is a transition that encompasses such dramatic morphological changes that paleontologists are still scratching their heads to understand...
Stargazing in December: Check Out the ‘Mars Ballet’, a Meteor Shower, and The ‘Cold Moon’
If you don't mind the nip of the cold, this month's celestial phenomena are ones to watch, and include a Nutcracker ballet between the...
These States Allow Visitors Free Off-Road Wheelchairs In Their Parks and Nature Areas
Parks departments across the country are beginning to offer free all-terrain wheelchairs at their visitors centers for disabled people to explore their states' treasures...
Scientists Unearth Africa’s Oldest Known Dinosaur, Filling a Critical Gap in the Fossil Record
Paleontologists have discovered the oldest dinosaur ever found in Africa, and one of the earliest to ever evolve.
Stories are difficult to understand without starting...
Paleontologists Discover Fossil Shows That Dinosaurs Had ‘Belly Buttons’
Thanks to an ‘incredible’ fossil, paleontologists have confirmed that dinosaurs indeed had belly buttons—and at the same time set a new record for the...
The ‘Sioux Chef’ Brings Indigenous Food Back to the Forefront of American Diets
If you're like me, you never learned how to spell "sous chef" in school. Sean Sherman, on the other hand, has an altogether different...
Conservation Success for European Bison is ‘Living Proof’ That Ambitious Biodiversity Targets Work
Far from the rolling plains of the Dakotas, Wyoming, and Montana, wild bison in Europe are also recovering in large numbers.
The European wood bison...
Bison Get 22,000 Acres of Additional Prairie Land to Roam Free – Watch The Spectacular Moment They Were Reintroduced After 150 Years
The official mammal of the United States has not wandered through these South Dakotan lands since 1870—until now.
CNN Announces Amazing Line-Up For Top Ten Heroes of 2015
They’ve brought healthcare to the poor, saved animals in Suriname, rescued children in Nepal, and provided food, water, and hope to people who’ve had...
Historic Healing for Native Americans and Whites Near Wounded Knee
(Custer, South Dakota) While some South Dakota whites will always be bitter about the modern Wounded Knee standoff three decades ago, a Native American...
Bald Eagle Soars Off Endangered List: 11,000 Pairs From Only 417
In one of the world's greatest conservation success stories, bald eagle populations have climbed from a dismal count of just 417 nesting pairs in...