Chimpanzees know how to party. Boozy fruit, anybody?
Chimpanzees sharing fruit. Image via Anna Bowland/ Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project/ University of Exeter.Science matters. Wonder matters. You matter.| EarthSky
Chimpanzees sharing fruit. Image via Anna Bowland/ Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project/ University of Exeter.Science matters. Wonder matters. You matter.| EarthSky
Bats might be spooky, but they pollinate flowers, control insect pests and have inspired scientists to improve human lives in many ways. The post Not all bats are bloodsuckers! More on this Halloween icon first appeared on EarthSky.| Earth | EarthSky
A new round of excavations at the U.K.'s 'dinosaur highway' has revealed hundreds more dinosaur footprints and a record-breaking sauropod trackway. The post New dinosaur highway dig reveals record-breaking footprints first appeared on EarthSky.| Earth | EarthSky
Scientists and divers using blackwater photography have documented some juvenile fish carrying, or swimming with, larval anemones and polyps. The post Blackwater photography reveals new fish-anemone interactions first appeared on EarthSky.| Earth | EarthSky
Earth's magnetic field has a growing weak spot ... And there are other areas where the magnetic field is stronger than average. Read more about it here. The post Earth’s magnetic field has a weak spot that’s growing first appeared on EarthSky.| Earth | EarthSky
Covered in armor and curled in mystery, the pangolin is an endangered species in Asia and Africa. Learn more about them here. The post The pangolin: An armored, insect-controlling mammal first appeared on EarthSky.| Earth | EarthSky
Turn the lights out for birds during fall and spring migration. Check out the links here to maps that show when birds are passing over the area where you live. The post Lights out for birds during fall migration! first appeared on EarthSky.| Earth | EarthSky
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake offshore in the Philippines prompted a tsunami warming, causing coastal residents to flee, but observers reported only small waves. The post 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes offshore in Philippines first appeared on EarthSky.| Earth | EarthSky
A ring doorbell caught the Enderlin tornado in North Dakota on June 20, 2025. Almost 4 months later, the National Weather Service (NWS) has upgraded it to an EF-5 tornado. This ends a 12-year drought where the U.S. didn’t see any tornadoes falling into the strongest classification. Image via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).EF-5 tornado drought over with Enderlin upgrading| EarthSky
Humberto will likely become the 3rd major hurricane of the Atlantic season. And Tropical Storm Imelda will probably form in the coming days. The post Humberto and soon-to-be Imelda could have impacts on the US first appeared on EarthSky.| Earth | EarthSky
The giant iceberg A-23A is breaking up in the South Atlantic as spring comes to the Southern Hemisphere. This image from September 11, 2025, is courtesy of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Image via NASA Earth Observatory.Giant iceberg breaking up in South Atlantic springtime| EarthSky
Artist’s depiction of 2 pachycephalosaurs butting heads. Scientists said on September 17, 2025, that they had unearthed the earliest known pachycephalosaur at the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. They named it Zavacephale rinpoche. Image via Masaya Hattori/ NC State University.| EarthSky
Hurricane Gabrielle has strengthened into a Category 4 storm. It’s 330 miles (530 km) northeast of Bermuda. Those in the Azores should monitor its progress. The post Hurricane Gabrielle strengthens to Category 4 first appeared on EarthSky.| Earth | EarthSky
Meet your FAT BEAR WEEK 2025 champion.Chunk the Hunk. The Chunkster. 32 Chunk.All hail the new king of Brooks River ?| EarthSky
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Sharon Kizer, who is mother to EarthSky’s Kelly Kizer Whitt, took this image of fiery maples and rain clouds on October 9, 2022, in Madison, Wisconsin. It illustrates some of the vivid reds of autumn. Thank you, Sharon! But why does Earth have 4 seasons every year? Read more below.Tomorrow’s September equinox signals the change of season, from summer to fall in the Northern Hemisphere and from winter to spring in the Southern Hemisphere. But why do Ear...| EarthSky
View larger. | Collecting microscopic glass samples at Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains in South Africa. Read below to see how a massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the entire globe. Image via Katherine Elmes/ The Conversation.| EarthSky
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A new study has found that queens of the Iberian harvester ant routinely lay eggs of not just their own kind, but also of males of another species. How did this strange situation come to be?| EarthSky
Good news for whale lovers. After 30 years of marine park protection in the Great Australian Bight, the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is returning to South Australia in greater numbers. This raises hope for the long-term recovery of this endangered species.| EarthSky
Here are 3 generations of mountain gorillas. Gutangara is holding her infant daughter (right). Next to her is her adult daughter Shishikara and grandson Kira (not facing the camera). Image via Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund/ University of Zurich.| EarthSky
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Michael O’Connor captured this image on July 12, 2025, from Michigan and wrote: “Mammatus clouds. First time ever seeing them.” Thank you, Michael!Mammatus clouds: Ominous and beautiful| EarthSky
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Peter Gipson in Suffolk, UK, caught this unusual cloud formation on July 1, 2025. Thanks, Peter! This is a hole-punch cloud or fallstreak hole. Read more about how hole-punch clouds occur below.Fallstreak holes or hole-punch clouds| EarthSky
A new study observed chimpanzees putting grass in their ears and rears. Researchers are puzzling over this learned behavior. Image via Jake Brooker/ Chimfushi Wildlife Orphanage Trust/ Utrecht University.Utrech University in the Netherlands published this original story on July 8, 2025. Edits by EarthSky.| EarthSky
Human dam-building, first in the Americas and then in East Africa and Asia, has been linked to minute shifts in Earth’s poles. Image of Hoover Dam via U.S. National Park Service.The American Geophysical Union published this story originally on July 8, 2025. Edits by EarthSky.| EarthSky
Watch a video with tips on how your cat can form a bond with other animals.| EarthSky
Scientists have named a new fish species for the character San (also called Princess Mononoke) in the animated movie Princess Mononoke, thanks to their similarly painted cheeks. Image via Pensoft/ Fish: Branchiostegus sanae. Huang et al (CC-BY 4.0). San: “Princess Mononoke” (1997)/ Hayao Miyazaki/ Studio Ghibli.New fish species named for animated character| EarthSky
The head of the newly discovered giant sea bug species Bathynomus vaderi. It resembles Darth Vader’s helmet and mask, hence its name. Image by Nguyen Thanh Son/ Pensoft Publishers.A team of scientists has discovered a new species of giant sea bug – in a sea far, far away, off the coast of Vietnam – and named it for Darth Vader of the Star Wars franchise. Yep, the head of this creature does closely resemble the Sith Lord’s iconic helmet. The researchers – from Singapore, Indonesia an...| EarthSky
This is the new species of moray eel hidding among mangrove aerial roots. Image via Hirozumi Kobayashi/ ZooKeys.A team of scientists has discovered a new species of moray eel in river mouths of the Central Indo-Pacific. Interestingly, this discovery has a peculiarity, as moray eels usually live in saltwater, not in estuarine habitats, that is, in places where rivers meet the sea. The international team of scientists that discovered the animal nicknamed this striking species after the god of t...| EarthSky
The January birthstone, the garnet, comes in several types. This image shows a variety known as andradite. Image via Moha112100/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).If you were born in January, the garnet is your birthstone.| EarthSky
Dragonflies are all-terrain insects that spend more of their lives underwater than in the air. They’re also agile, fast and fierce hunters. The majority of their head is taken up by their enormous eyes, and they eat nearly any smaller insect they can see.| EarthSky
If you don’t know much more about meerkats except that they’re in the movie The Lion King … Hakuna matata, or no worries! Here’s all you need to know about these sociable, altruistic, smart and hard-working animals. | EarthSky
Did you see our LIVESTREAM on Monday, October 14, 2024? We talked about extreme weather events with climatologist Davide Faranda!| EarthSky
The video footage above, captured from a remotely operated underwater vehicle, shows the Fort Jackson sharks. Scientists spied thousands of them resting on the seafloor. | EarthSky
This is a 700,000-year-old fossil humerus excavated at Mata Menge, on the island of Flores in Indonesia. It belonged to an ancestor of Homo floresiensis, the “hobbit” human. Image via Yousuke Kaifu/ Griffith University.| EarthSky
Earth typically has 2 Van Allen belts. They are 2 donut-shaped belts of charged particles, encircling Earth. But scientists have just realized Earth now has a 3rd, temporary Van Allen belt, caused by May’s solar storm. When were the Van Allen belts first discovered? How long have we known that Earth could have a temporary 3rd belt, in addition to the 2 stable ones? What ARE the Van Allen belts, anyway? EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd and heliophysicist C. Alex Young of Goddard Spaceflight Center ...| EarthSky
Scientists say it is now possible to predict the precise speed a coronal mass ejection (shown left in an artist’s impression) is traveling at and when it will smash into Earth (bottom right moving in our direction). And that’s even before it has fully erupted from the sun (top right). The new insights will help create more accurate space storm alerts for Earth. Image via NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/ JHelioviewer/ Royal Astronomical Society (CC BY 4.0).| EarthSky
