More from Laura Baisas (Page 2)

a mummy's decorative outer shell on display in a musuem
Archaeology

Scientists want you to smell ancient Egyptian mummies

By Laura Baisas

a white dog with ears perked up and wide eyes against a blue background
Dogs

Cortisol could impact your dog’s behavior

By Laura Baisas

a small chick sits on a nest with its parent behind, cleaning its feathers with its beak
Land

Watch an albatross give its brand-new chick a very careful cleanup

By Laura Baisas

a man hold a dinosaur footprint in a lab
Dinosaurs

Teen discovers Australia’s oldest dinosaur fossil—almost 70 years ago

By Laura Baisas

A young groundhog and its mother lounging in the tall green grass
Wildlife

Groundhogs don’t poop during hibernation and 6 other random facts

By Laura Baisas

three polar bear cubs resting on their mother
Bears

Svalbard polar bears are doing surprisingly well (for now)

By Laura Baisas

a dog with large ears
Dogs

Angry yelling can throw a dog off balance

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a large shark holding a flag of the state of maryland.
Sharks

Megalodon could become Maryland’s official state shark

By Laura Baisas

a grandmother and grand child lay with colorful blocks
Diseases

Babysitting grandkids can boost brain health

By Laura Baisas

several nesting pairs of birds on grass with a clear blue ocean water in the background
Birds

Snowed in? Watch albatrosses nest on a sunny Pacific island instead

By Laura Baisas

a man anxiously sitting in front of a computer with his hand over his mouth
Psychology

It’s not in your head. Fear drives decision making.

By Laura Baisas

a small mammal called a marten stands on a log
Endangered Species

Adorable ferret-sized martens are rebounding in California

By Laura Baisas

a monkey with a red face sits in a hot spring while it snows
Wildlife

Snow monkeys love hot springs. They’re also good for them.

By Laura Baisas

rock art showing a clawed hand and an animal
Archaeology

World’s oldest-known rock art found in Indonesian cave

By Laura Baisas

a pod of white beluga whales swimming off the coast of Alaska
Endangered Species

The swinging sex lives of Alaska’s beluga whales

By Laura Baisas

A cross section of a dog's heart showing heartworm
Dogs

This deadly dog ‘spaghetti’ has ancient origins

By Laura Baisas

a brown cow with a large stick in her mouth and mountains in the background
Agriculture

Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

By Laura Baisas

an iguana with mostly green scales flecked with some orange, blue, and yellow
Wildlife

Don’t pick up frozen iguanas

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a mummified cheetah preserved in a laboratory. it's sharp front teeth are visible
Endangered Species

Mummified cheetahs could help save the critically endangered big cats

By Laura Baisas

a deer stands by a river
Wildlife

Deer markings actually glow

By Laura Baisas

the remains of an ice age wolf
Wildlife

14,000-year-old woolly rhinoceros DNA extracted from wolf’s stomach

By Laura Baisas

a team stands on a beach with two pigs in kennels
Animals

Abandoned pigs rescued on Tennessee’s Looney Islands

By Laura Baisas

a small black insect standing on white snow
Insects

Snow fleas use their tail to jump around the ice

By Laura Baisas

A pair of Sacabambaspis fish, around 14 inches (35 centimeters) in length, which had distinct, forward-facing eyes and an armored head. No fossils of animals like Sacabambaspis from after the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction event have been discovered.
Wildlife

Mass death paved the way for the Age of Fishes

By Laura Baisas

a satellite image of an iceberg, showing pools of blue water
Global Warming

Why is this infamous iceberg turning blue?

By Laura Baisas

a dog surrounded by stuffed animals
Dogs

Super smart dogs learn by eavesdropping

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of an asteroid
Solar System

World’s largest digital camera spots massive asteroid

By Laura Baisas

a celtic gold coin
Archaeology

Rare Celtic coin found by metal detectorist

By Laura Baisas

an iguana with blue and green scales
Endangered Species

10 vulnerable wildlife species to watch in 2026

By Laura Baisas

three side by side images of a large jellyfish in a deep sea canyon
Ocean

Giant phantom jellyfish spotted deep in Pacific

By Laura Baisas

an elk with horns in the wood
Land

New wildlife cam features 800-pound elk in northern Michigan

By Laura Baisas

a coin minted in 1804. it is silver and features the word liberty, the profile of a woman with long hair, and the year 1804
Archaeology

‘King of Silver Dollars’ coin could fetch over $1M at auction

By Laura Baisas

a cave painting of two warty pigs
Land

Pigs have been island hopping for 50,000 years

By Laura Baisas

several united states quarters
Science

5 new quarters commemorate 250 years of American independence

By Laura Baisas

a yellow flag with a coiled rattle snake and the words "dont tread on me"Gadsden Flag, Vikkram, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0.
Land

How the timber rattlesnake became a symbol of American independence

By Laura Baisas

two smuggled spider monkeys hugging
Wildlife

Baby spider monkeys rescued in Texas

By Laura Baisas

a capybara between two evergreen trees
Animals

Donated Christmas trees get a second life at the zoo

By Laura Baisas

red and white and red and green candy canes on a green background
Science

The magic of making candy canes by hand

By Laura Baisas

veteranarians sit in an inflatable pool with a large sting ray
Fish

Giving a 140 pound stingray a check-up requires 8 people

By Laura Baisas

two astronauts share a holiday meal on the ISS
International Space Station

9 festive ISS holiday celebrations through the years

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a turtle with its head in its shell
Wildlife

Butt breathing and 5 other ways animals stay warm in winter

By Laura Baisas

roman ruins in northern england
Archaeology

Diarrhea slowed down Roman soldiers

By Laura Baisas

several cheeses on a wooden board
Diseases

Brie, cheddar, and other high-fat cheeses linked to lower dementia risk

By Laura Baisas

a mother polar bear walking on ice with two cubs behind her
Bears

Rare polar bear adoption could save cub’s life

By Laura Baisas

A cross sectional image of an actively growing microbialite from South Africa.
Land

‘Living rocks’ suck up a lot of carbon

By Laura Baisas

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry showing a medieval dining scene involving Bishop Odo of Bayeux.
Archaeology

Famous phallic tapestry may have entertained monks during meals

By Laura Baisas

a small orange frog sits on a pencil tip for scale
Wildlife

Teeny tiny orange toadlet found in Brazil

By Laura Baisas

a big group of oysters still in the shell
Pollution

Pills, powders, and opioids stress out oyster babies

By Laura Baisas

several red and beige mushroom-like plants growing at the base of a tree
Land

Asexual parasitic plants break biology’s rules

By Laura Baisas

a wooden boat on display in a dark museum exhibit
Archaeology

Who built Scandinavia’s oldest wooden plank boat? An ancient fingerprint offers clues.

By Laura Baisas

a gold coin with a ship and queen elizabeth i etched into it
Archaeology

Elizabethan era gold coin sold for record-breaking price

By Laura Baisas

An international team of researchers used the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and XRISM, a JAXA-led mission with ESA participation, to uncover and study a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. The gravitational monster whipped up powerful winds, flinging material out into space at eye-watering speeds of roughly 37,282 miles (60,000 kilometers) per second.
Black Holes

Supermassive black hole belches 30,000-miles-per-second winds

By Laura Baisas

coins in a jug at an archaeologist dig
Archaeology

40,000 Roman-era coins discovered in French village

By Laura Baisas

pouring olive oil in a clear container
Archaeology

Ancient ‘dirty dishes’ may have led archaeologists astray for decades

By Laura Baisas

a dancer with a bright green background (left) a black and white photo of a large turtle's profile.
Endangered Species

Ruby the turtle needs a new greenhouse. Dance companies are stepping up.

By Laura Baisas

two donkeys looking directly at the camera in a green field with a blue sky
Psychology

Why using a donkey to treat whooping cough makes sense

By Laura Baisas

a mom and daughter camping with their dog. a tall mountain is in the foreground
Dogs

Pet dogs can help teens’ mental health

By Laura Baisas

a scared man with several dental tools in his mouth
Medicine

Quieter dental drills may be on the horizon

By Laura Baisas

a couple riding bikes in the pouring rain while holding umbrellas
Weather

What does ‘chance of precipitation’ really mean? A meteorologist explains.

By Laura Baisas

A dress inspired by the paradise riflebird, uses a new ultra-black fabric created in Cornell University’s Responsive Apparel Design Lab.
Physics

The darkest fabric ever made is now a dress

By Laura Baisas

an orange cat sits on ancient ruins
Cats

Roman military helped bring cats to Europe

By Laura Baisas

an bird with white and black feathers called an albatross
Birds

Record-breaking 75-year-old mother bird prepares to nest

By Laura Baisas

A female kestrel in a cherry orchard in northern Michigan.
Birds

Falcons help keep bird poop off your delicious cherries

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a baby, a young woman, and adult woman, and an elderly woman walking
Psychology

Your brain changes at 9, 32, 66, and 83

By Laura Baisas