Paleontologists Discovered Diversity of Insect Pollinators in 99-million-year Old Amber
Buratina truncata, the new long-proboscid species of Paradoxosisyrinae from Burmese amber. Photo: Alexander Khramov A …
August 2019
Famous Utah Rock Formation Vibrates at the Same Rate as a Heartbeat
At about the same rate that your heart beats, a Utah rock formation called Castleton Tower gently vibrates, keeping ti…
Texas Woman Finds 3.72-carat Diamond at Arkansas State Park
The 3.72-carat diamond was smaller than a quarter. (Photo Credit: Arkansas State Parks) A Texas woman on a first-tim…
A Tectonic Plate is Dying Under Oregon
The Juan de Fuca plate meets the North American plate beneath the Cascadia fault. USGS, CC BY A gaping hole in a dyin…
Ancient 'Lava Reservoir' and Diamonds as Old as the Moon Have Been Found
Diamonds from the Juina area: most of these are superdeep diamonds. Credit: Graham Pearson A careful inspection of su…
These 54-Million-Year-Old Fly Eyes Are Preserved in Astounding Detail
Eyes surprise: fossil eyes from a 54 million year old cranefly. Lindgren et al./Nature Composition of fossil insect …
New Zealand Scientists Discover Fossilized Bones of Human-sized 'Monster Penguin'
Dr. Paul Scofield, senior curator natural history at Canterbury Museum, holds the fossil, a tibiotarsus, left, next to a …
Tiger's Eye: Mineral information
Tiger Eye is a gorgeous, chatoyant , semi-precious gemstone with alternating banks of golden to red-brown colors and a silky…
Exceptional Azurite Crystals
Photo: Mintreasure.com Exceptional azurite crystals on matrix from the famed Clara Mine, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-…
Earth's Magnetic Field Reversals May Take Much Longer Than We Thought
Earth's Magnetic Field Went Completely Haywire During Last Reversal and Took 22,000 Years to Get Back to Normal Y…
Hidden Water Found on Hawaii’s Kilauea Could Mean Explosive Eruptions
Lava erupts from a Kilauea volcano fissure in Leilani Estates, on Hawaii's Big Island, on May 24, 2018, in Pahoa. …
Dinosaur Feathers Evolved for Sexual Display
A flightless dinosaur called Similicaudipteryx uses its feathers in a mating display. U of A researchers looked at how su…
Ancient Voracious Predator Species Found in Canadian Shale
This Cambrian creature was shaped like a "Star Wars" spaceship. Credit: Jean-Bernard Caron/Copyright Royal Ont…
Man Finds 2.12-carat Diamond on Vacation at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds Park
The Lanik Family Diamond (Photo Crater of Diamonds State Park) The gem-hunting novices were “over” their search at Ark…
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