More from Laura Baisas (Page 2)

a handwritten copy of the declaration of independence
Archaeology

Handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence discovered in Maine

By Laura Baisas

The Battle of Gettysburg, as depicted by clay cats. The 140th New York (right) arrives and the 20th Maine (left) charges, pushing the Confederates back. The fight eventually ends on Little Round Top.
Engineering

10,033 tiny clay cats reenact the Civil War at a Gettysburg museum

By Laura Baisas

a diorama of a sperm whale eating a giant squid
Biology

How one of the American Museum of Natural History’s most terrifying dioramas get clean

By Laura Baisas

an eagle on a nest with its head down
Birds

Who is KD1, the bald eagle spotted in Jackie and Shadow’s nest?

By Laura Baisas

a bear cub sits by a tree with porcupine quills in its hand
Bears

Katmai bear cub spotted with a paw full of porcupine quills

By Laura Baisas

two frogs mating on a tree branch
Wildlife

‘Less desirable’ males confuse female treefrogs looking for a mate

By Laura Baisas

two men with orange life jackets on in a river holding a large gray fish
Fish

300-year-old sturgeon are swimming around the Great Lakes

By Laura Baisas

a hermit crab grabbing a plant that looks like a mushroom
Wildlife

Hermit crab poop spreads a parasitic plant’s seeds

By Laura Baisas

two eagles on a nest
Land

Jackie the bald eagle dead at 14

By Laura Baisas

two lizards with brown with yellow-green coloring sitting on a branch
Wildlife

New lizard named after colorful ‘House of the Dragon’ character

By Laura Baisas

a bald eagle on a nest
Birds

Jackie the bald eagle’s blood values drop again, still in critical condition

By Laura Baisas

a small shore bird with white, grey, and black feathers with orange legs and an orange beak
Birds

Piping plover beats the odds after losing feet in fishing line

By Laura Baisas

a sub adult eagle sitting on a nest
Birds

Outside eagle spotted on Jackie and Shadow’s nest

By Laura Baisas

a bird with white and black feathers and bright red feet stands on a tree branch
Birds

Rare tropical red-footed booby spotted in Maryland

By Laura Baisas

two eagles perched on a tree branch
Birds

Bald eaglets Sandy and Luna leave Big Bear Valley, Shadow gets a little vacation

By Laura Baisas

a sea turtle wearing a satellite tag on its shell walks back into the ocean
Ocean

Rescued sea turtle named Pancake swims to hot hangout for young turtles

By Laura Baisas

Reconstruction of ‘Spea labreae, sp. nov.’ (dark spadefoots, center and right) in La Brea Tar Pits compared with ‘Spea hammondii’ (light spade-foot, left), the species currently present in the area, and the presence of the Mexican burrowing toad (‘Rhinophrynidae,’ bottom).
Evolution

Forgotten fossil from 1950s is actually a new species of Ice Age frog

By Laura Baisas

an eagle glares directly at a camera
Birds

Do not share fake images of Jackie the bald eagle

By Laura Baisas

three photos side by side of a bear cub with silver fur
Birds

Silver cub spotted on Katmai Bear Cam

By Laura Baisas

the profile of a bald eagle, with black and white feathers and a yellow beak
Birds

Jackie the bald eagle’s anemia worsens

By Laura Baisas

a reddish-orange waterfall near ice and gray rock
Evolution

Antarctica’s Blood Falls teems with life from unexpected source

By Laura Baisas

a red spiky flower growing in a swamp
Land

5 gnarly plants in the Okefenokee Swamp, from digestive slime to Earth’s fastest predator

By Laura Baisas

a mammoth tusk on a field with the sun setting
Archaeology

Ice Age humans preferred hunting female woolly mammoths

By Laura Baisas

a grey sponge on the floor of a harbor
Ocean

Blobby chicken kidney sponges clean dirty water surprisingly well

By Laura Baisas

a split image of a bald eagle on a perch in front of a green background, next to three eagles sitting on a nest overlooking a lake
Birds

Bald eagle Jackie out of ICU, but not out of danger

By Laura Baisas

a hammerhead shark underwater, at the side of a boat
Ocean

Mysterious shark spotted near the Galápagos Islands for the first time in over 20 years

By Laura Baisas

Twin black-and-white ruffed lemurs, Maso and Tonga, explore their habitat at Central Park Zoo with their mother, Koa.
Land

Rare twin lemurs born at New York’s Central Park Zoo

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of four humans. one adult is nursing a baby, while a child looks on. two adults are standing over an infant lying on its back
Evolution

Human newborns have been helpless for 1 million years

By Laura Baisas

a side by side of a bald eagle. in one image, her profile is seen, in the other she is being fed
Birds

Bald eagle Jackie ‘more feisty’ during feedings, still in critical condition

By Laura Baisas

a turtle wearing a telemetry device on its shell walks into the ocean
Ocean

Bon voyage, Papyrus! 5 rescued sea turtles named after fonts released in Cape Cod

By Laura Baisas

two young eagles with dark feathers stand on a tree limb
Birds

Why Jackie and Shadow’s home is the place to be for young eagles

By Laura Baisas

a sea turtle crawls towards the ocean while a crowd watches
Ocean

Pancake the rescued sea turtle released on Coney Island beach

By Laura Baisas

three eagles standing on a nest
Birds

Luna the eagle chases off nest intruder, as mom Jackie recovers

By Laura Baisas

a pod of orcas swimming
Whales

Orcas smash dead sunfish into bite-sized pieces

By Laura Baisas

avocados growing on a tree
Archaeology

Humans packed avocados before migrating across the Americas 5,000 years ago

By Laura Baisas

a sperm whale swimming in clear blue waters with its mouth open
Ocean

Sperm whales change how they communicate when ships are nearby

By Laura Baisas

an adult bald eagle stands on a perch in front of a green wall
Birds

Bald eagle believed to be Jackie healing in Ojai

By Laura Baisas

a woman wearing a costume to look like an adult crane feeds a baby crane
Land

Costumed ‘Ugly Mom’ helps orphaned sandhill cranes

By Laura Baisas

a bald eagle
Birds

Bald eagle Jackie rescued after fight with other birds

By Laura Baisas

two young eagles with dark feathers stand on the branch of a pine tree
Birds

How much longer will eaglets Sandy and Luna stay on the nest?

By Laura Baisas

A group of meerkats standing together in the face of an outside threat.
Wildlife

How wild animals prepare for violence just like humans

By Laura Baisas

paleontologists dig in rock for dinosaur bones
Biology

A T. rex bit a duck-billed dino and we can still see the teeth marks

By Laura Baisas

a large spotted fish called a whale shark swims with its mouth open
Ocean

Massive whale shark just spotted in Florida

By Laura Baisas

a large steam train with a crowd of people surrounding it
Engineering

How to track ‘Big Boy,’ the world’s biggest steam locomotive

By Laura Baisas

a baby beluga whale with gray skin swims with two adult whales with white skin
Bears

Beluga whale live cam launches. YAY!

By Laura Baisas

a painted shark on a hand connected to a sensor
Engineering

New paint-on health sensors are as fun as face paint

By Laura Baisas

An example of variolitic pillow lavas in the Whundo Group. The black spots are a feature known as varioles, which form in water-rich lavas.
Archaeology

Ancient rocks suggest water has shaped earth for 3.1 billion years

By Laura Baisas

A fresh-shelled Luigi (left) next to his older and molted shell (right).
Animals

Super rare orange lobster molts at New York Aquarium

By Laura Baisas

a painting of a man on an elephant in battle
Biology

Mystery of Hannibal’s infamous Alps crossing gets a major clue

By Laura Baisas

purple bones from a sea otter in a tide pool
Ocean

Sea otter bones can turn purple

By Laura Baisas

two white cylinders with an american flag and "america250" on them
Science

America’s Time Capsule will be buried for 250 years. Here’s how to watch.

By Laura Baisas

two young eagles with dark feathers stand perched on a nest
Birds

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
Land

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
Science

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
Land

New estimate: Earth has 14 to 20 million insect species

By Laura Baisas

an eagle stretches his wings on top of a nest
Birds

Luna the eagle takes a ‘leap of faith’

By Laura Baisas

Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in 1898.
Conservation

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

By Laura Baisas

An orangutan smiling.
Wildlife

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

By Laura Baisas

a bat covered in yellow powder
Bats

Bats covered in pollen make tequila possible

By Laura Baisas

ancient teeth in a cave
Evolution

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
Bears

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
Birds

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.’
Archaeology

400 gold coins help crack a centuries-old shipwreck mystery

By Laura Baisas