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A view of a lava fountain on Kilauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Feb. 25, 2025.
Scientists film incredible footage of Hawaiian volcano erupting
A view captured from a plane passing over the summit crater of Alaska's Mount Spurr in early February 2025.
Government plane swoops over fuming volcano, captures vivid footage
A collage shows penguins, seals, a satellite image and a a drone photo of the A23a iceberg.
Visible from space, a mega iceberg could be on a collision course

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A dark, haunting railroad.
Ghost sightings went unsolved. A scientist just explained them.
15+ eco-friendly gifts that someone would actually use
26,000 feet undersea, scientists find a ghostly predator
Scientists film footage of extremely ancient deep sea creatures
Scientists reveal why Bering Bridge let humans cross — but not all animals
The head of a member of the newly identified species Bathynomus vaderi. Scientists find a 'giant' new species. It's a delicacy.
A sprawling expanse of solar panels in China's Kubuqi Desert as viewed by a U.S. Geological Survey Landsat satellite. U.S. satellites reveal China's solar dominance
An ice core recently drilled from deep beneath the Antarctic surface by the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project. Scientists just excavated an unprecedented specimen from Antarctica
An aerial view of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Scientists reveal why the mighty Yellowstone isn't ready to blow
A giant congregation of crabs filmed 1,350 feet below the surface in the ocean off of Chile. The deep sea footage scientists filmed in 2024 is jaw-dropping

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An artist’s rendering of the X-66 aircraft soaring above the clouds. NASA's testing a futuristic plane. You might fly on it.
The powerful mid-latitude cyclone spinning off the West Coast of the U.S. on Nov. 19, 2024. The bomb cyclone looks monstrous from space
Scientists recently spotted this curious polychaete off the coast of Chile. Scientists film footage of alien, shimmering creature in the remote ocean
Hurricane Milton's storm track, as forecast on Oct. 8, 2024. Hurricane Milton: See Florida coast webcams live as the storm approaches
A view of Hurricane Milton as it churns through the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 7, 2024. National Weather Service releases dire Hurricane Milton storm surge video
Hurricane Helene as seen on NOAA satellite imagery on Sept. 25, 2024. Hurricane Helene: Watch live Tampa Bay webcams as storm threatens Florida
A green recycling bin with the city of Houston logo, full of cardboard boxes. Texas resident used Apple AirTags to track her recycling. It ended up in the middle of nowhere.
One of the most dominant bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River, Bear 32, "Chunk." Fat bear ate 135,000 calories in 10 hours. And he's not done.
A flying spaghetti monster spotted amid a recent deep ocean expedition. Flying spaghetti monster and unworldly life filmed in deep sea footage
A view of Tropical Storm Debby passing over the Southeastern U.S. on Aug. 5, 2024. See South Carolina webcams as Tropical Storm Debby looms

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There's an eerie mystery sound in the ocean. It could be a conversation.
By Mark Kaufman
A ship amid the fog in the ocean
Scientists find evidence that entirety of Earth was once covered in ice
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of "Snowball Earth," when the planet was either completely or largely covered in ice hundreds of millions of years ago.
Scientists discover mysterious deep sea creature. It hunts with a hood.
By Mark Kaufman
It took 150 sightings over 20 years and genetic testing to identify this new deep sea species.
How to find online updates on California's Mountain Fire
By Neal Broverman
Firefighters battle the Mountain Fire in Moorpark, Calif.
Scientists witness stunning, unprecedented carnage in the ocean
By Mark Kaufman
An Atlantic cod swimming in the dark ocean.
A colossal asteroid once boiled the oceans. It also did the unexpected.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of a large space rock colliding with Earth.
A deep sea expedition is filming jaw-dropping footage
By Mark Kaufman
A giant group of crabs filmed 1,350 feet below the surface in San Antonio Canyon.
Amazon takes enormous step to reduce packaging waste
By Neal Broverman
Amazon boxes in a warehouse.
Land, air, and space footage captures the surging Hurricane Milton
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
Satellite footage captures Hurricane Milton as is brews near Florida's West Coast
Plane flies into Hurricane Milton, captures turbulent footage
By Mark Kaufman
A view from NOAA's WP-3D Orion aircraft as it flew through Hurricane Milton on Oct. 8, 2024.
Space footage shows Hurricane Milton explode into monster storm
By Mark Kaufman
Hurricane Milton observed on Oct. 7 by NOAA's GOES-19 weather satellite.
‘Living walls’ are transforming London construction sites
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A split-screen shows two photographs of a construction hoarding – before and after the vertical meadow grew on it. Caption reads: "Vertical meadows"
Trump won't stop making a deceptive bird claim. Experts debunk it.
By Mark Kaufman
A crested caracara near a wind turbine in South Texas.
A violent event occurred on Alaska's fat bear livestream
By Mark Kaufman
Bear 32, known as "Chunk," attacked a cub in a river at Katmai National Park and Preserve.
This shark lives for centuries. Scientists discover how it resists aging.
By Mark Kaufman
A Greenland shark swimming in ocean.
How Paris cleaned up the Seine for the Olympics
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
Atheletes jump in the river Seine, with Pont Neuf and the Eiffel Tower in the background. Caption reads "Olympic effort"
Yellowstone just had an explosion. What that means for the future.
By Mark Kaufman
Park rangers assessing damage from the hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park.
Cities might hold the key to sustainable woodworking
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A split screen image shows a hand polishing a newly finished wooden plank (left) and a phone scanning the tag of a log to verify its origin (right)
Yes, big spiders are spreading in the U.S. No, they're not flying.
By Mark Kaufman
a Joro spider on a web
Cicadas love to land on people. Experts explain why.
By Mark Kaufman
The head of a cicada that emerged in 2021 as part of Brood X.
Sustainable laptops to make every day Earth Day
By Mashable BrandX and Dell
woman walks through door into natural landscape collage
Earth will look wildly different in millions of years. Take a look.
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of a supercontinent on Earth.
Scientists find big megalodon tooth in a really unexpected place
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of a giant shark, like a megalodon, hunting smaller prey.
24 good things already happening in 2024
By Chris Taylor
2024 written on a road heading towards the sun.
These animals went extinct in 2023
By Mark Kaufman
The large Kauaʻi thrush was removed from the endangered species list in 2023.
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