More from Laura Baisas (Page 2)

an illustration of a calendar with the world "cancelled" stamped on it. a pair of glasses, a cup of coffee, and a pen are next to the calendar
Psychology

Psychologists confirm that a canceled meeting is good for you

By Laura Baisas

a stylized photo of a woman sleeping
Psychology

Vivid dreams trick your brain into thinking you slept well

By Laura Baisas

a herd of bison running by a car
Wildlife

What to do if you encounter a bison

By Laura Baisas

Red tulips blooming in the tulip fields in the northern Netherlands. Tulips rely on increasing temperatures to know when to bloom.
Weather

How plants know when to bloom

By Laura Baisas

A sperm whale and a photographer in the Atlantic Ocean near Portugal.
Whales

First-of-its-kind video confirms sperm whales really do headbutt

By Laura Baisas

two mating frogs with the male grasping on to the female
Wildlife

Even humans love a good mating call

By Laura Baisas

a coyote pup with brown fur tilts its head
Wildlife

Coyote pupping season is here. You can help keep them safe.

By Laura Baisas

The bark of birch trees has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years. The center photo shows birch bark tar condensed onto a rock that borders a hearth. When scraped off the rocks, the viscous tar can be used as both an adhesive and antibiotic.
Medicine

Neanderthals used antibiotics, new experiment suggests

By Laura Baisas

a satellite image of ireland's west coast showing gray rocks surrounded by green
NASA

Ireland’s 250-million-year-old gray spot

By Laura Baisas

Adult bull shark ‘Chunky’ (foreground) parallel swimming with subadult female ‘Lady Lazarus’ (background).
Ocean

Bull sharks make ‘friends’—and prefer females to males

By Laura Baisas

An adult male blue crab attempts to cannibalize a smaller blue crab on a tether.
Wildlife

Blue crabs have a serious cannibalism problem

By Laura Baisas

an illustration showing bronze age women weaaving
Archaeology

3,500-year-old loom tells a revolutionary tale

By Laura Baisas

the front of a steam locomotive. it is black and reads "union pacific 4014"
Engineering

World’s largest steam locomotive heads out on tour

By Laura Baisas

In the light of the setting sun, the sky forms a veil of Saharan dust over the Wurmberg in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Sahara dust colors the sky red.
Weather

NASA shows how Sahara desert dust spread all over Europe

By Laura Baisas

An artist’s illustration of a giant tyrannosaur watching the duckbill dinosaur ‘Parasaurolophus’ in New Mexico during the late Cretaceous (74-75 million years ago).
Dinosaurs

‘Unusually large’ tyrannosaur leg bone points to 10,000-pound behemoth

By Laura Baisas

a screenshot of a website showing a human brain, heart, colon, lung, kidney, prostate, placenta, and liver
Medicine

Explore the human body in stunning, 3D detail with a new online tool

By Laura Baisas

a grizzly bear stands on a bison carcass
Bears

Yellowstone’s first grizzly bear of 2026 emerges from his den

By Laura Baisas

two parrots with red, green, and blue feathers sitting in a tree
Archaeology

Ancient Andean parrot trade route stretched over 300 miles

By Laura Baisas

An Ixodes tick (left). An Asian tiger mosquito. (right)
Insects

What a cold winter means for ticks and mosquitoes

By Laura Baisas

yellow flowers blooming near hills
Land

Best superbloom since 2016 fills Death Valley with wildflowers

By Laura Baisas

trees and shrubs are surrounded by a bright yellow weed
Agriculture

Weed that smells like paint thinner takes over Arizona

By Laura Baisas

purple crystals
Wildlife

Humans’ love of crystals goes back at least 6 million years

By Laura Baisas

a large pool of water with smoke rising from it
Conservation

World’s largest acidic geyser erupts for first time since 2020

By Laura Baisas

a large goat with grey fur and large horns
Wildlife

Ireland’s native goats date back to Bronze Age

By Laura Baisas

green spruce needless with blue halos on top
Weather

Leaf tips glow blue in thunderstorms

By Laura Baisas

a dolphin swims in venice, italy
Ocean

Humans pose the biggest risk to Venice’s celebrity dolphin

By Laura Baisas

a chimpanzee laying on its back in a forest
Wildlife

Chimpanzees love alcohol and their pee proves it

By Laura Baisas

a medal from the 1896 olympics
Science

Olympic medal from first modern Games up for auction

By Laura Baisas

a woman scratches an uncomfortable itch on her forearm
Diseases

How your body knows when to stop scratching

By Laura Baisas

a large group of yellow bananas
Agriculture

New discovery could help stop banana extinction

By Laura Baisas

a large bird called a wood stork stands in a wetland. it has long legs, white feathers, and a long beak
Birds

Wood storks to be removed from federal Endangered Species List

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a dinosaur biting another dinosaur
Dinosaurs

A Tyrannosaurus tooth embedded in dinosaur skull tells a violent story

By Laura Baisas

a pekingese dogs. it has floppy ears, a scrunched up face, and brown fur
Dogs

Chihuahua, boxer, and 10 other dog breeds at risk of breathing troubles

By Laura Baisas

a small mammal with black eyes and big ears standing on a plant
Wildlife

World’s smallest possum may be hiding in South Australia

By Laura Baisas

an ice cave
Biology

5,000-year-old bacteria thawed in Romanian ice cave

By Laura Baisas

a pigeon. the bird as light grey feathers with green and purple feathers around the neck
Birds

550 pigeons rescued in North Carolina

By Laura Baisas

a litter of naked mole rats
Wildlife

4 wild ways animals breed

By Laura Baisas

a zookeper places a piece of apple inside of an elephant's trunk
Wildlife

Elephants are smart. So are their whiskers.

By Laura Baisas

a whale swimming
Whales

The oldest-known humpback whale recording was hiding in an archive

By Laura Baisas

Bison bones are scattered across the Bergstrom site in central Montana.
Archaeology

Why bison hunters abandoned a kill site 1,200 years ago

By Laura Baisas

a cold-stunned green iguana likes on its back on the ground in florida
Wildlife

Florida euthanizes 5,195 frozen iguanas

By Laura Baisas

a man holds a light blue torch and a flame
Science

MIT professor designs 2026 Winter Olympics torch

By Laura Baisas

Freestyle skiers have inspired this design, the figure depicted seen mid-pose, their striking position showcasing the agility and athleticism during a freestyle performance. Sculpted snowflakes decorate the background. Surrounding the figure, coloured print features the Australian Olympic Team logo and the aesthetics of the Australian 2026 Winter Olympics branding
Science

Australia mints colorful $1 coins to honor Olympians and Paralympians

By Laura Baisas

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