The recent auction of a Martian meteorite—for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby’s New York—has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen from the heavens. Read More
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Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. Summary World Elephant Day falls on Tuesday and celebrates these majestic creatures. As the largest land Read More
The number of critically endangered black rhinos has increased slightly, but there is bad news for other rhino species, according to a global count released Thursday by the International Rhino Foundation. Summary A recent global Read More
World's smallest snake makes big comeback – New Study/Science Updates
A snake so small it could be mistaken for a worm has been spotted in Barbados, nearly two decades after it was thought to have been “lost” to science. Summary A tiny snake, the Barbados Read More
Residents of the world’s driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow. Summary The Atacama Desert in northern Chile, renowned as Read More