More from Laura Baisas (Page 2)

two young eagles with dark feathers stand perched on a nest

Sandy and Luna return to nest after a big day of flying

By Laura Baisas

a parrot with an orange beak, red eye, and blue, yellow, green, and orange feathers

Colorful songbirds face higher risk of extinction

By Laura Baisas

a pangolin walking on grass. the small mammals have long noses, four legs with long claws on their feet, and a long tail

Endangered Species

Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammal. A nearly 200-year-old specimen could help.

By Laura Baisas

a water canon sprays water while several tall ships sail into new york harbor

The largest peacetime maritime gathering in U.S. history comes to New York City

By Laura Baisas

several beetle and butterfly species on a blue background

New estimate: Earth has 14 to 20 million insect species

By Laura Baisas

an eagle stretches his wings on top of a nest

Luna the eagle takes a ‘leap of faith’

By Laura Baisas

Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in 1898.

The glasses case that saved Teddy Roosevelt’s life go on display in North Dakota

By Laura Baisas

An orangutan smiling.

Great apes (including us) have been giggling for 15 million years

By Laura Baisas

a bat covered in yellow powder

Bats covered in pollen make tequila possible

By Laura Baisas

ancient teeth in a cave

Burial site of all-female extinct human relatives baffles scientists

By Laura Baisas

a bear standing above a waterfall grabs a salmon in its teeth

Fat Bear season officially kicks off today with live cam

By Laura Baisas

a young eagle with black feathers stretching its wings while standing on a tree limb

Sandy and Luna venture out of the nest before fledging

By Laura Baisas

Gold coins and jewelry recovered from the wreck of the ‘Dom van Keulen.’

400 gold coins help crack a centuries-old shipwreck mystery

By Laura Baisas

wine grapes growing on a vine

International Space Station

Grape seeds from Texas are going to space

By Laura Baisas

a 3D illustration of sperm cells, with white rounds heads and long, wavy tails

Fruit fly sperm is enormous

By Laura Baisas

four baby birds with long beaks on the back of a larger bird

6 animal fathers who go the distance

By Laura Baisas

a humpback whale breaches in the arabian sea with desert hills in the distance

For the first time, biologists observe a humpback whale crossing the Arabian Sea

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a small animal with its mouth open next to a dead animals as a volcano erupts

Watch an exclusive clip from new PBS series ‘EONS: LIFE AND DEATH ON PANGEA’

By Laura Baisas

a painting of a young woman standing in a clamshell with angels around her

The real woman behind Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ died at only 23

By Laura Baisas

a tick in a toilet with a red circle with a line through it

Don’t flush ticks down the toilet

By Laura Baisas

In the composite image, Messier 83, or M83, is shown to have a spiral structure, viewed straight on. At the center is a brilliant white and yellow pool of light. From that light, spiral arms of hot pink cloud corkscrew out in wide, sweeping arches. The galaxy is covered in a faint grey haze, and flecked with red, green, blue, white, and yellow dots.

Space Telescope

‘Fireworks’ spotted in stellar explosion 15 million light-years away

By Laura Baisas

two smart watches and a tablet laying on various flags and soccer jerseys

Got World Cup Fever? Send scientists your smartwatch data.

By Laura Baisas

a whale swims at the surface of the water

Young humpback whale freed from fishing line near Cape Cod

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a barrel-shaped space telescope flying near purple constellations in space

Space Telescope

Put your name aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a woman monitoring her body temperature using a sensor in her stomach

A berry-sized thermometer measures body temp. But you have to eat it.

By Laura Baisas

a white piece of cloth from a turn of the century plane next to a letter detailing it

America’s Time Capsule includes fabric from the Wright Brother’s plane, whale bone, poker chips, and more

By Laura Baisas

a pregnant male sea horse

Florida students watch male seahorse give birth in the wild

By Laura Baisas

two bald eagles standing in a nest above a lake looking straight at a camera

Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow need $10 million

By Laura Baisas

whale fossils on the bottom of the ocean

745-mile whale graveyard found at the bottom of Indian Ocean

By Laura Baisas

a male astronaut wearing a white space suit with an italian flag on the arm holds his helmet

Astronaut who nearly drowned in space selected for Artemis III crew

By Laura Baisas

fossilized poop in a layer of rock

700,000-year-old squirrel poop helps scientist recreate an ancient world

By Laura Baisas

drone footage of a dig sit on the left with archeologists digging at the dig site on the right

77 headless skeletons found in a field date back 7,000 years

By Laura Baisas

a small shorebird with white, grey, and black feathers and a bright orange and black beak

12 endangered piping plover chicks hatch in Michigan and Wisconsin

By Laura Baisas

two large eaglets in a nest at sunrise

Eaglets Sandy and Luna spend their first night alone on the nest

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a large scorpion standing on a marsh

World’s biggest scorpions were the size of baseball bats

By Laura Baisas

a brown beetle with long antennae

A ‘mystery beetle’ is devouring North Carolina’s precious blueberries

By Laura Baisas

a green insect with a wind that looks like a leaf stands on a stick

Big wings and sweet songs: The mating lives of Panama’s katydids

By Laura Baisas

a black and white photo of a submarine floating on top of the water

Lost WWII submarine discovered off the coast of Japan

By Laura Baisas

a river system with orange colored water

The mystery of Alaska’s orange rivers is finally solved

By Laura Baisas

a large t. rex skeleton with hills and dark clouds in the background

This T. rex could be yours for $30 million

By Laura Baisas

a man on a boat holds a large silver fish

50 million pounds of invasive fish removed from Illinois River

By Laura Baisas

a full moon against a black and slightly blue sky

Look up for a blue moon on May 31

By Laura Baisas

a mosquito biting human skin

Mosquitoes can learn that DEET means dinner is served

By Laura Baisas

Artist’s rendering of a MoonFall drone operating near the lunar South Pole.

Four drones will go where no astronaut have landed—yet

By Laura Baisas

the sun aligned with new york city's grid. it is shining above a main street in between buildings

Manhattanhenge isn’t just for New Yorkers. Find a ‘henge’ near you.

By Laura Baisas

a long and cylindrical orange mushroom growing out of the ground. it has a brown cap that is used to spread spores

This phallic fungus also smells like rotting flesh

By Laura Baisas

a hand holding a yellow paper airplane against a blue sky

It’s National Paper Airplane Day: How to make a NASA-approved plane

By Laura Baisas

a gold medal from the 1924 olympics in paris. the text on one side reads VIII OLYMPIAD PARIS 1924 and has a rugby ball, discuss, and a harp etched in. the other shows a winner reaching down to help up a fallen competitor over the five interlocking olympic rings

Extremely rare 1924 Olympic gold medal up for auction

By Laura Baisas

a small bird chick with white feathers yawns

6 bird cam highlights to celebrate nesting season

By Laura Baisas

a rainbow over a hot spring

10 must-know tips for visiting Yellowstone National Park

By Laura Baisas

a shipwreck being recovered between two modern buildings (right) a model wearing a brown dress (left)

17th century shipwreck woven into dress (seriously)

By Laura Baisas

a black and white cow standing on green grass in an open field

Cows can tell humans apart, new study finds

By Laura Baisas

a close-up of a black and yellow bumblebee landing on the yellow center of an orange flower

Worker bees have power to pick their queen

By Laura Baisas

small dingo bones in soil with a yellow tape measure showing size

1,000-year-old dingo bones show that it was injured, cared for, and ritually buried

By Laura Baisas

a superbloom of tall purple wildflowers called lupine with mountains in the distance

Superbloom turns Redwood National Park’s hills purple

By Laura Baisas

The front of the coin represents Christ’s crucifixion (right). The reverse side has the Greek letters alpha and omega, symbolizing God as the beginning and the end (left).

Rare medieval coins used as anti-Viking charms found in a field

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a long-necked dinosaur standing by a river

A new dinosaur dubbed the ‘Last Titan of Thailand’ weighed more than 9 elephants

By Laura Baisas

a young child sitting on a beach smears white sunscreen on her face

Your next sunscreen could be made from E. coli

By Laura Baisas

a woman leads out a team of five mules

5 new mules set to patrol Olympic National Park

By Laura Baisas

a before and after satellite image

NASA satellite images show how a massive tsunami in Alaska changed the landscape forever

By Laura Baisas

a white bison calf walking next to an adult bison in tall prairie grass

One-in-a-million white bison calf born in Iowa

By Laura Baisas

A photo of a tornado forming above a rural road and there's a headlight.

Ask Us Anything

The real storm chasers of the Great Plains

By Laura Baisas

shiny crystals found inside of a bone

An extinct human species made surprisingly creative butchery tools

By Laura Baisas

five sled dog puppies

Denali’s adorable Sled Dog Puppy Cam is back for 2026

By Laura Baisas

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