More from Laura Baisas

a thick mammoth foot preserved in permafrost. it is round and dark brown
Animals

Woolly mammoth ‘jerky’ preserves 52,000-year-old fossil chromosomes

By Laura Baisas

a male lion sits in a tree
Animals

Lion brothers take risky swim across crocodile-infested channel

By Laura Baisas

several stone circles marking gravesites in a field in norway
Archaeology

Stone circles unearthed in Norway mark ancient children’s graves

By Laura Baisas

Located in the foothills of a rock emerging from a green field
Agriculture

Iron Age plant remains tell new agricultural story in east Africa

By Laura Baisas

circles of red, blue, and green bacteria
Biology

‘Bacterial glitter’ shimmers without pigments

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a large shark jumping out of the water and eating a winged dinosaur
Animals

When the ocean got hot, the sharks bulked up

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a blue exoplanet with white swirls near a sun-like star
Deep Space

A nearby exoplanet reeks of rotten eggs

By Laura Baisas

a nearly complete skeleton of a salamander-like creature that lived 300 million years ago. it's head is round and shaped like a toilet seat
Animals

This giant tetrapod sucked in prey with its ‘toilet seat-shaped’ head

By Laura Baisas

a striped cat scratching a grey armchair
Animals

Why some cats scratch more than others

By Laura Baisas

a small grey and black reef fish swims
Animals

Fish in Earth’s hottest water defy the odds

By Laura Baisas

two ants face each other in a lab. one has purple dye where a wound was treated.
Animals

Watch a carpenter ant chew off another’s wounded leg to try to save its life

By Laura Baisas

Ritual sticks uncovered in Cloggs Cave date back 10,000 to 12,000 years.
Archaeology

Evidence of 12,000-year-old cultural ritual unearthed in Australia

By Laura Baisas

green and red grapes
Biology

If dinosaurs hadn’t gone extinct, we may not have delicious grapes

By Laura Baisas

a fun moon rises over an italian city
Mars

July’s skies sizzle with the Buck Moon and a meteor shower

By Laura Baisas

Five of the comb jelly species featured in a new study on how their cells adapt to water pressures. Red coloration as seen in the two specimens at right is common among deep-sea animals.
Animals

Comb jellies won’t give into the extreme pressures of deep-sea life

By Laura Baisas

a marine biologist and an actor fist bump while sitting on a dive boat in the ocean
Animals

Actor Anthony Mackie and marine biologist Jasmin Graham talk sharks

By Laura Baisas

five statues depicting the high dignitary Nefer and his wife (Abusir, Egypt).
Archaeology

Ancient Egyptian scribes suffered bone damage from working long hours in hunched positions

By Laura Baisas

the tall and straight pillars of creation as seen with two space telescopes. these celestial bodies are finger-like figures of gas and dust
Deep Space

Ethereal Pillars of Creation come to life in new 3D visualization

By Laura Baisas

the wreckage of an ancient greek shipwreck underwater, with two divers exploring it
Archaeology

Nuts, bones, and wood help date a 2,000-year-old Greek shipwreck

By Laura Baisas

An aerial view of the lava flows from the Sundhnúkur volcano on June 3, 2024 on the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano has erupted five times since December 2023.
Science

Iceland’s ‘unparalleled’ volcanic activity could continue for decades

By Laura Baisas

a blue lobster in an aquarium tank
Animals

Why blue animals are so rare in nature

By Laura Baisas

a large lizard with yellow spots in the dirt
Animals

Giant lizards could keep flesh-eating maggots off Australia’s sheep

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a gold griffin with the body of a lion and the head of a bird of prey
Animals

We’re (probably) wrong about origin of griffins

By Laura Baisas

eight catapult stones on grass
Archaeology

Archeologists uncover 800-year-old stone catapult shots used in English Civil War

By Laura Baisas

The ancient oak circle which emerged from the shifting sands at Holme next the Sea in Norfolk. The ring of oak tree trunks with a large upturned tree at its centre is believed to be 4,000 years old & is said to be of great archaeological importance.
Archaeology

What is ‘Seahenge’? Bronze Age worshipers may have used the structure to try to extend the summer

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of two merging quasars in space. they are round yellow and orange disks, with a black hole in the center. white light is coming out of the center of the black hole.
Deep Space

In a first, astronomers spot merging quasars from the Cosmic Dawn

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of three long-necked and marine reptiles swimming with four paddle shaped limbs in an ancient sea
Animals

This giant polar reptile once stalked an ancient super-ocean

By Laura Baisas

a long and lean sei whale swimming in the ocean
Animals

Dozens of rare, endangered whales spotted off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard

By Laura Baisas

a tardigrade. these microscopic animals have right legs and round bear-like bodies with a small pointy appendage in front.
Animals

Tardigrade genes edited with an advanced CRISPR technique

By Laura Baisas

a pink galaxy shaped like a koi fish
Science

Space ‘koi fish’ caught by telescope

By Laura Baisas

still from the animated film "inside out 2." red anger, purple fear, yellow joy, blue sadness, and green disgust meet with new emotions. Envy is teal, anxiety is orange, and embarrassment is pink.
Biology

The science of awkward puberty brain from ‘Inside Out 2’

By Laura Baisas

Bronze Age ruins on the Greek island Aegina, surrounded by sparkling blue waters and mountains
Archaeology

Ancient, surprisingly well-preserved purple dye uncovered in Greece

By Laura Baisas

two dogs cuddle together in a bed in an animal shelter
Animals

Shelter dogs appear ‘less stressed’ when paired with a buddy

By Laura Baisas

a black widow spider on a leaf. the spider is black with a red marking on its abdomen.
Animals

New experimental black widow venom antidote uses human antibodies

By Laura Baisas

twin baby elephants stand under their mother
Animals

Set of rare elephant twins born in Thailand

By Laura Baisas

a juvenile dolphin lifts its head out of the water
Animals

Young dolphins mimic sex as part of play

By Laura Baisas

two juvenile elephants greet each other near a watering hole. their trunks are interlocked.
Animals

African elephants use name-like calls to address each other

By Laura Baisas

A colorful adult female Joro spider. These arachnids are native to parts of Southeast Asia.
Animals

No, ‘flying’ venomous spiders are not coming for you this summer

By Laura Baisas

a school of yellow and white swim near a reef
Animals

Fish swimming together fare better in turbulent waters

By Laura Baisas

a tiger shark swimming in the ocean (left). a small spiky mammal with a pointy nose canned an echidna (right) on land
Animals

Unlucky shark vomits up hedgehog-like animal, shocks scientists

By Laura Baisas

blue swirls swirling around white clouds and a brown surface on jupiter
Science

Surprisingly, storms on Jupiter and Earth have something in common

By Laura Baisas

a large bird with blue plummage and orange eyes called a cassowary
Animals

The world’s most dangerous bird is at risk of extinction

By Laura Baisas

yaks and sheep grazing on grassland with mountains in the distance
Agriculture

Bronze Age nomads used cauldrons for blood sausage and yak milk

By Laura Baisas

an american flamingo. the bird has pink and white plumage with a black beak
Animals

A ‘pink wave’ of flamingoes settles into the Sunshine State

By Laura Baisas

a snake spits venom out of its mouth
Animals

Snake venom’s deadly secrets decoded with fake blood vessels

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a cicada with blue eyes
Animals

A ‘one-in-a-million’ blue-eyed cicada spotted by 4-year-old child

By Laura Baisas

An artistic life reconstruction of Genyornis newtoni, the last of the dromornithids, at the water’s edge
Animals

Giant 500-pound geese once honked around the Australian outback

By Laura Baisas

steam rising over blue water in a pool built by ancient romans
Archaeology

What Britain’s famed Roman Baths could teach us about microbes

By Laura Baisas

a black and white photograph of swimmer gertrude ederle. she is standing on a beach in a one piece swimsuit holding an oar.
Fitness & Exercise

Gertrude Ederle and the grueling science of marathon swimming

By Laura Baisas

a full moon rises with blurred red flowers
Space

June skygazing: Nevermind the viral ‘planet parade,’ check out the Strawberry/Solstice moon

By Laura Baisas

fossilized leg bones in reddish-brown sediment
Dinosaurs

New horse-sized dinosaur species discovered in Zimbabwe

By Laura Baisas

Orcas only need one breath between dives
Animals

Orcas only need one breath between dives

By Laura Baisas

a brown snail sits on a green lettuce leaf
Animals

Slimy slugs and snails surprisingly thriving in LA

By Laura Baisas

Panels A, B, and C each show stereographic image pairs of the asteroid Dinkinesh taken by the L’LORRI Instrument aboard NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft. The images were taken in the minutes around closest approach on November 1, 2023. The yellow and rose dots indicate the trough and ridge features, respectively. These images have been sharpened and processed to enhance contrast. Panel D shows a side view of Dinkinesh and its satellite Selam taken a few minutes after closest approach.
NASA

The odd moon orbiting a ‘Dinky’ asteroid is actually two moons fused together

By Laura Baisas

an otter eating while floating on its back
Animals

Female sea otters use tools more than males

By Laura Baisas

a human skull on a dark background with E270 printed on it
Archaeology

4,000 year-old Egyptian skulls show attempts at brain surgery to treat cancer

By Laura Baisas

coral polyps before spawning
Animals

Scientists are studying the mysterious sex lives of coral

By Laura Baisas

a woman listens to music with headphones on over hear ear
Biology

How our brains differentiate music and speech

By Laura Baisas

red lava rushes into the Pacific Ocean, with smoke and steam rising
Science

Buildup of gas caused Kīlauea to erupt like a stomp-rocket

By Laura Baisas

Universe’s oldest known stars found in Milky Way’s ‘halo’
Science

Universe’s oldest known stars found in Milky Way’s ‘halo’

By Laura Baisas

a green stick insect blending into a green plant
Animals

Chance or pattern? Stick insects show repeatable evolution in action

By Laura Baisas

an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star
Deep Space

Newly discovered exoplanet may be habitable (or a Venus-like hellscape)

By Laura Baisas

a pink and red galaxy (left). an illustration of the cylindrical euclid space telescope (right)
Science

See 5 dazzling new images from Euclid, the ‘dark universe detective’

By Laura Baisas

A proboscis monkey in a mangrove conservation forest in Tarakan, North Borneo, Indonesia. It is light brown in color with a very large, round, droopy, and prominent nose.
Animals

These monkeys have giant noses for exactly the reason you think

By Laura Baisas