More from Laura Baisas

World governments strike historic deal to protect planet’s biodiversity
Animals

World governments strike historic deal to protect planet’s biodiversity

By Laura Baisas

Two sauropods in the sunset.
Climate Change

A warming planet may have set the stage for dinosaurs to rule the Earth

By Laura Baisas

A sprinkler watering a lawn.
Climate Change

The nation’s largest water supplier declares a ‘drought emergency’ ahead of 2023

By Laura Baisas

Clams in their woody home.
Animals

These clams use poop to dominate their habitat

By Laura Baisas

Ebola vaccines in African countries successfully produced antibodies in kids and adults
Diseases

Ebola vaccines in African countries successfully produced antibodies in kids and adults

By Laura Baisas

Thousands of galaxies over an enormous range in distance and time are seen in exquisite detail, many for the first time
Deep Space

JWST’s new image unveils a field of glittery galaxies

By Laura Baisas

A page from an 18th Century copy of Dhātupāṭha of Pāṇini from the Cambridge University Library.
Archaeology

This ancient language puzzle was impossible to solve—until a PhD student cracked the code

By Laura Baisas

Scientists just found out female snakes have two clitorises
Animals

Scientists just found out female snakes have two clitorises

By Laura Baisas

A map of a massive storm system moving across the United States. December 13, 2022.
Environment

Stormy weather brings tornadoes and blizzards across the US

By Laura Baisas

A reconstructed image of Ramsayia, alongside a modern day wombat.
Animals

Giant wombats the size of small cars once roamed Australia

By Laura Baisas

A towering dust devil casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this image acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (April 2012).
Mars

For the first time, humans can hear a dust devil roar across Mars

By Laura Baisas

Colorful produce at a grocery store.
Agriculture

Why US vegetable prices have skyrocketed in the past year

By Laura Baisas

Large fossilized fragments of free swimming arthropods
Biology

Newly discovered fossils give a whole new meaning to jumbo shrimp

By Laura Baisas

Rising sun viewed from the stone causeway of the solar observatory on Mount Tlaloc, Mexico.
Agriculture

The Aztecs’ solar calendar helped grow food for millions of people

By Laura Baisas

The world’s largest active volcano simmers down after eruption
Environment

The world’s largest active volcano simmers down after eruption

By Laura Baisas

A thermometer showing temperatures below zero.
Climate Change

Heart disease-related deaths rise in extreme heat and extreme cold

By Laura Baisas

NASA Orion space vehicle on Navy ship with parachutes deployed
Moons

Welcome back to Earth, Orion!

By Laura Baisas, Sara Kiley Watson

An image of the Southern Ring Nebula (NGC 3132), captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).
Deep Space

James Webb Space Telescope reconstructed a ‘star party,’ and you’re invited

By Laura Baisas

A Labrador and a terrier play with a rope toy.
Animals

How breeding dogs for certain traits may have altered their brains

By Laura Baisas

Rice plants growing
Archaeology

People in China have been harvesting rice for more than 10,000 years

By Laura Baisas

A syringe and vial of a COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines now available for children under 5 in the US

By Laura Baisas

A team from the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum examines a shipwreck unearthed by hurricanes in Florida.
Archaeology

Storm erosion brings 200-year-old shipwreck to the surface of a Florida beach

By Laura Baisas

Two dogs nipping at each other
Animals

Humans have trouble anticipating aggressive behavior in man’s best friend

By Laura Baisas

Feisty ankylosaurs clubbed each other with their tails
Dinosaurs

Feisty ankylosaurs clubbed each other with their tails

By Laura Baisas

The last Tasmanian tiger’s remains were finally found—in a cupboard
Animals

The last Tasmanian tiger’s remains were finally found—in a cupboard

By Laura Baisas

Brightly colored tropical fish in a coral reef
Biology

To save coral reefs, color the larvae

By Laura Baisas

A man wearing a jacket sneezes into a rissue.
COVID-19

Cold temperatures could make our respiratory systems more vulnerable to infection

By Laura Baisas

A protective white face mask/
COVID-19

This flu season is bound to be historic, but masks can help, says the CDC

By Laura Baisas

The tortoise, the myth, the legend: Jonathan turns 190
Animals

The tortoise, the myth, the legend: Jonathan turns 190

By Laura Baisas

This dinosaur dove like a duck
Biology

This dinosaur dove like a duck

By Laura Baisas

For thousands of years, kids have been fascinated with owls
Archaeology

For thousands of years, kids have been fascinated with owls

By Laura Baisas

Artist’s impression of Cryptovaranoides when it was alive
Biology

A key to lizard evolution was buried in a museum cupboard for 70 years

By Laura Baisas

The FDA building in Washington DC
Diseases

The FDA approved a fecal transplant treatment for the first time

By Laura Baisas

The view of a colorful lake and steam from Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Overlook Trail.
Environment

There’s more magma under Yellowstone than we thought—but don’t panic

By Laura Baisas

A series of brain scans
COVID-19

Some teenagers’ brains have been aging faster during the pandemic

By Laura Baisas

A full moon rises over snowy hills.
Moons

Fireballs, bright Mars, and a big moon will dazzle in December’s night sky

By Laura Baisas

HIV/AIDS activists in India holding up "no discrimination" signs and red AIDS ribbons
COVID-19

Dr. Fauci on fighting stigmas on infectious diseases, from AIDS to COVID

By Laura Baisas

A child receives a COVID-19 vaccine
Diseases

COVID-19 vaccines are still essential in preventing death in children and teens

By Laura Baisas

Daubenton's bat is similar to metal singers
Animals

What bats and metal vocalists have in common

By Laura Baisas

The newest member of the T. rex family has piercing eyes
Biology

The newest member of the T. rex family has piercing eyes

By Laura Baisas

Steller's Sea Cow
Animals

Meet the extinct sea cow that cultivated Pacific kelp forests

By Laura Baisas

Mauna Loa lava flow
Environment

The world’s largest active volcano is erupting in Hawaii

By Laura Baisas

Mpox virus in red at the microscopic level
Diseases

The World Health Organization officially renamed monkeypox to mpox

By Laura Baisas

Moon closeup of craters by NASA Orion spacecraft
Moons

Orion sends back new images of the moon’s craters, some of which could be home to ice and water

By Laura Baisas

Tiny octopus with clear head that shows off brain
Animals

What human and octopus brains have in common

By Laura Baisas

These ‘fake’ ancient Roman coins might actually be real
Archaeology

These ‘fake’ ancient Roman coins might actually be real

By Laura Baisas

This giant bird stays healthy by munching on medicinal plants
Animals

This giant bird stays healthy by munching on medicinal plants

By Laura Baisas

Jezero Crater
Mars

Signs of past chemical reactions detected on Mars

By Laura Baisas

Aftershocks hit Indonesia after deadly 5.6-magnitude earthquake
Environment

Aftershocks hit Indonesia after deadly 5.6-magnitude earthquake

By Laura Baisas

Ancient army ant
Animals

Eyeless army ants chomped their way through Europe millions of years ago

By Laura Baisas

Coral reef
Animals

Disease-resistant super corals can save vulnerable reefs

By Laura Baisas

Kimberella fossil
Biology

Oldest evidence of digested plants in a roughly 575-million-year-old creature’s gut

By Laura Baisas

A giant prehistoric salamander
Biology

These pleasantly plump salamanders dominated the Cretaceous period

By Laura Baisas

Tomb of a forgotten queen is one of several new stunning Egyptian discoveries
Archaeology

Tomb of a forgotten queen is one of several new stunning Egyptian discoveries

By Laura Baisas

3 of the biggest climate decisions from COP27
Climate Change

3 of the biggest climate decisions from COP27

By Laura Baisas

Despite pushback, NASA won’t rename the James Webb Space Telescope
Deep Space

Despite pushback, NASA won’t rename the James Webb Space Telescope

By Laura Baisas

FDA approves first drug that can delay onset of Type 1 diabetes
Diabetes

FDA approves first drug that can delay onset of Type 1 diabetes

By Laura Baisas, Sara Kiley Watson

We’re only 8 years away from stronger El Niño and La Niña events
Climate Change

We’re only 8 years away from stronger El Niño and La Niña events

By Laura Baisas

Lab grown chicken
Food Safety

FDA says this lab-grown chicken is safe for human consumption

By Laura Baisas

Earth from Orion
Science

A distant Earth and Orion capsule’s ‘moonikin’ are the Artemis mission’s first images

By Laura Baisas

Big ancient turtle
Animals

Gigantic fossils hint at super-sized 7,000-pound sea turtle

By Laura Baisas

The protostar within the dark cloud L1527, shown in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam).
Deep Space

New JWST image shows a hidden, fiery protostar

By Laura Baisas

Narcan
Health

FDA makes moves to expand life-saving Naloxone access

By Laura Baisas

Scientists still are figuring out how to age the ancient footprints in White Sands National Park
Archaeology

Scientists still are figuring out how to age the ancient footprints in White Sands National Park

By Laura Baisas