The 1.5 million acre Lake Mead National Recreation Area covers “mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes,” the National ...

The tip of a right flipper of the new plesiosaur fossil, with two scales along the ... similar to the features of some living sea turtle species.Credit...Klaus Nilkens/Urwelt-Museum Hauff ...

Paleontologists have learned a lot about the bodies of these ancient sea monsters by studying their ... Scientists re-examined an old plesiosaur fossil, which had been sitting in a museum ...

A shell of her own making. It tells a deeply human story about a hard-won route to happiness Memoir of a Snail’s rough-hewn but meticulous designs flood the screen with wonderful, hand-crafted ...

Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own.

The Mount Pleasant-based eco-tour company and foundation Coastal Expeditions holds after-school programs, summer camps and field trips for K-12 SC students.

Action taken by New York's Legislature through the years has designated official state animals, plants, minerals and more. How well do you know the official symbols of the Empire State? 1 of 12 ...

This is believed to be the first ... Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

an orca that died on the coast of Washington in 2002 From fossil whales to adorable octopuses, here are some of the marine headliners that caught our attention this year These roly-poly herbivores ...