May 2018

Scientists Identify World's Oldest Lizard Fossil, 240 Million Years Old

The restudy of Megachirella wachtleri fossil allowed the authors to re-write the history of all fossil and living lizards…

Argentina's Rainbow Valley: Quebrada de Humahuaca

The Quebrada de Humahuaca is a valley in the Jujuy province of Argentina. It is known for its colorful mountains, which ar…

Incredibly Well-preserved Fossils Show That Dinosaurs Also Had Dandruff

Jurassic Scurf: Earliest Case of Dandruff Found in 125 Million-year-old Dinosaur Palaeontologists from University Coll…

Lava in Hawaii So Widespread It Can Be Seen From Space

The fissures spewing lava in the eastern district of Puna on Hawaii's Big Island can be seen from space in this cropp…

Weird Utah Fossil Forces Scientists to Rethink What They Know About Pangea

A weird 130-million-year old skull discovered in eastern Utah is shaking up what we know about mammals and the ancient…

Giant Canyons Discovered in Antarctica

It was thought that a gap in the Transantarctic Mountains could provide a route for ice to escape from the east of the co…

Hawaii's Erupting Kilauea Volcano Is Now Spouting Blue Flames of Burning Methane

Blue burning flames of methane gas erupt through cracks in the Leilani Estates neighborhood of Pahoa Blue flames burn…

World's Tallest Active Geyser Awakens in Yellowstone

It was the talk of the boardwalk. Everyone had heard that there was an unusually active geyser at Yellowstone National…

Earth's Magnetic Field Is Drifting Westward, and Nobody Knows Why

Earth's Magnetic Field Is Drifting Westward, and Nobody Knows Why. Earth’s magnetic field protects us from the solar…

USGS: “Potential for Explosive Eruptions” Within the Next Few Weeks

The United States Geological Survey, or USGS, released a dire warning to residents on the Big Island of Hawaii on Wedn…

Hawaii Lava Finally Reaches the Pacific - Only to Create Another Deadly Danger

Ocean entry photograph from Civil Air Patrol (CAP) overflight taken at about 12:50PM. First it was catastrophic lava…

Hawaii Volcano Shoots Up Smoke and Ash as a New Crack Opens

Activity in the lower East Rift Zone ramped up overnight and this morning. During an overflight, HVO scientists obser…

Hawaii's Kilauea Is One of the World's Most Active Volcanoes but Less Deadly Than Others

It's a so-called shield volcano, which is typically broader in shape and has lava that is relatively fluid. …

1,000-foot-long Fissure Opens on Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Amid Fears of an Explosive Eruption

Photo: Terray Sylvester/reuters Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano might be “getting ready for an explosion that could scatter …

Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Just Exploded

PAHOA, Hawaii, May 17 (Reuters) - Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spewed ash nearly six miles (9 km) into the sky An exp…