March 2019

Beneath Earth's Crust, Hot Rocks Creep as Oceanic Plates Plunge Toward the Core

Cross-sections of Earth’s mantle down to 1,400 km depth showing changes in its flow as ancient ocean beds fall into Earth…

'Mindblowing' Haul of Fossils Over 500M Years Old Unearthed in China

An undescribed species of Leanchoilia, an arthropod, from the Qingjiang fossil site. Photo: FU ET AL Scientists …

110-Million-year-old Bird Fossil Found With Egg Inside

Photograph of the holotype of Avimaia schweitzerae. Photo Barbara Marrs The 'first ever' bird fossil with a…

Hundreds of Methane Vents Discovered Off Washington's Coast

Red stars show locations of methane bubble plumes off Washington's coast. The light gray is the shallow continental s…

520-Million-Year-Old Sea Monster Had 18 Mouth Tentacles

A detailed fossil of the newly identified Daihua sanqiong. Credit: Yang Zhao One of the ocean's little known carn…

Meteor Blast Over Bering Sea Was 10 Times Size of Hiroshima

A dashcam image of the Chelyabinsk meteor. The meteor last December exploded over a more remote location. Photograph: AP…

Researchers Unravel Mysteries of Earth's Inner Core

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) are unlocking some of the secrets of the Earth's inner co…

Yellowstone’s Geysers Are Getting More Active. Nobody’s Sure Why

Steamboat Geyser experiences a relatively minor eruption in a picture taken in Yellowstone National Park. Recently, the g…

CO2 Mineralization in Geologically Common Rocks for Carbon Storage

CO2 Mineralization in Geologically Common Rocks for Carbon Storage. Magnesite. Image credit: Rob Lavinsky Humanity …

The Largest Snake That Ever Existed

Prehistoric snake was as long as a school bus.   The largest snake that ever existed was Titanoboa cerrejonensis , a giant b…