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A Meteorite Crashed Through A House In Georgia — And It Turned Out To Be Older Than Earth

The McDonough Meteorite originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and is 4.56 billion years old.

By Ainsley Brown • Aug 12, 2025

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A Meteorite Crashed Through A House In Georgia — And It Turned Out To Be Older Than Earth

The McDonough Meteorite originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and is 4.56 billion years old.

By Ainsley Brown • August 12, 2025

Experts Identify A New Species Of Manta Ray — And It Can Grow As Wide As A Standard Two-Car Garage

Prior to this discovery, scientists only acknowledged two other manta ray species, the giant oceanic manta ray and the reef manta.

By Ainsley Brown • Aug 8, 2025

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Experts Identify A New Species Of Manta Ray — And It Can Grow As Wide As A Standard Two-Car Garage

Prior to this discovery, scientists only acknowledged two other manta ray species, the giant oceanic manta ray and the reef manta.

By Ainsley Brown • August 8, 2025

Scientists Just Documented A ‘Big-Butt Starfish’ On The Atlantic Seafloor Off The Coast Of Argentina

Believed to belong to the genus Hippasteria, this pinkish-orange creature was found clinging to a rock at a depth of 3,280 feet — and despite its nickname, the cleft area between two of the creature's legs is not its posterior.

By Ainsley Brown • Aug 7, 2025

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Scientists Just Documented A ‘Big-Butt Starfish’ On The Atlantic Seafloor Off The Coast Of Argentina

Believed to belong to the genus Hippasteria, this pinkish-orange creature was found clinging to a rock at a depth of 3,280 feet — and despite its nickname, the cleft area between two of the creature's legs is not its posterior.

By Ainsley Brown • August 7, 2025

Scientists Discover An Ancient Blue Whale Fossil Larger Than Any That’s Ever Been Found

Not only is this the largest blue whale fossil ever uncovered, but it also indicates that the species lived 1.5 million years earlier than we thought.

By Marco Margaritoff • Aug 6, 2025

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Scientists Discover An Ancient Blue Whale Fossil Larger Than Any That’s Ever Been Found

Not only is this the largest blue whale fossil ever uncovered, but it also indicates that the species lived 1.5 million years earlier than we thought.

By Marco Margaritoff • August 6, 2025

Workers Find Four Radioactive Wasp Nests At A Nuclear Site In South Carolina

The wasps pose no threat to the general public, but there is much experts still don’t know about how the nests became radioactive.

By Ainsley Brown • Aug 5, 2025

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Workers Find Four Radioactive Wasp Nests At A Nuclear Site In South Carolina

The wasps pose no threat to the general public, but there is much experts still don’t know about how the nests became radioactive.

By Ainsley Brown • August 5, 2025

Inside The Mütter Museum Of Philadelphia, Where Some Of History’s Strangest Medical Oddities Are On Display

From President Cleveland's tumor to Albert Einstein's brain, the Mütter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia holds an array of macabre anatomical curiosities.

By Erin Kelly • Aug 3, 2025

Inside The Mütter Museum Of Philadelphia, Where Some Of History’s Strangest Medical Oddities Are On Display

From President Cleveland's tumor to Albert Einstein's brain, the Mütter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia holds an array of macabre anatomical curiosities.

By Erin Kelly • August 3, 2025

Elephant Bird: The Extinct 1,700-Pound Creature From Madagascar That Was The Largest Bird To Ever Live

Before they died out roughly 1,000 years ago, elephant birds could grow up to 10 feet tall and laid the largest eggs ever documented.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • Aug 3, 2025

Elephant Bird: The Extinct 1,700-Pound Creature From Madagascar That Was The Largest Bird To Ever Live

Before they died out roughly 1,000 years ago, elephant birds could grow up to 10 feet tall and laid the largest eggs ever documented.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • August 3, 2025

Scientists In Australia Just Discovered A New Giant Stick Insect That’s 15 Inches Long And Weighs Almost As Much As A Golf Ball

In the high-altitude Australian rainforest, researchers identified a new species dubbed Acrophylla alta — and it may be the country's heaviest insect.

By Austin Harvey • Aug 1, 2025

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Scientists In Australia Just Discovered A New Giant Stick Insect That’s 15 Inches Long And Weighs Almost As Much As A Golf Ball

In the high-altitude Australian rainforest, researchers identified a new species dubbed Acrophylla alta — and it may be the country's heaviest insect.

By Austin Harvey • August 1, 2025

Paleontologists Just Identified A Previously Unknown 95-Million-Year-Old Plant-Eating Dinosaur

After a chance oil discovery in 2017, excavations revealed the 95-million-year-old bones of a dinosaur dubbed Astigmasaura genuflexa.

By Austin Harvey • Jul 31, 2025

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Paleontologists Just Identified A Previously Unknown 95-Million-Year-Old Plant-Eating Dinosaur

After a chance oil discovery in 2017, excavations revealed the 95-million-year-old bones of a dinosaur dubbed Astigmasaura genuflexa.

By Austin Harvey • July 31, 2025

Aspen Trees In Yellowstone Are Flourishing For the First Time In 80 Years — Thanks To Gray Wolves

The reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 led to a decrease in the elk population, which has now allowed young aspen saplings to grow before they are eaten.

By Ainsley Brown • Jul 29, 2025

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Aspen Trees In Yellowstone Are Flourishing For the First Time In 80 Years — Thanks To Gray Wolves

The reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 led to a decrease in the elk population, which has now allowed young aspen saplings to grow before they are eaten.

By Ainsley Brown • July 29, 2025