The evergreen tree that outlasted the dinosaurs is now endangered
By Katie Hunt, CNN The ancient monkey puzzle tree has distinctive spiny leaves and intricate scaly branches. Its unusual features, scientists…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The ancient monkey puzzle tree has distinctive spiny leaves and intricate scaly branches. Its unusual features, scientists…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket has begun to roll out to the launchpad — and this time, it’s for liftoff on a…
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NASA crawlers transport the massive Artemis I rocket from the assembly building to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. CNN’s Kristin…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN While no human crew will travel aboard NASA’s Artemis I mission, that doesn’t mean the Orion spacecraft will be…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Hinduism, the world’s third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. “Hinduism”…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Norwegian government euthanized its celebrity walrus Freya on early Sunday morning, after warning the public to stay away…
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By Salma Abdelaziz and Niamh Kennedy, CNN When Fawzia Amini worked as a senior judge in Afghanistan’s Supreme Court, she presided over cases of…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN When things feel overwhelming, an escape into nature is just the ticket. That’s what happened for the film crew and…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN A new deep-sea crustacean that bears a striking resemblance to the facehuggers from “Alien” has been identified in…
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Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie, whose writings generated death threats, was attacked on stage during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution…
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By Kara Fox and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Messages of outrage and support are pouring in from all corners of the globe after writer Salman Rushdie…
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By Megan Marples, CNN Gray wolves may be getting a major habitat upgrade, if these experts have any say, that is. A group of researchers from across…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The red supergiant Betelgeuse, a colossal star in the Orion constellation, experienced a massive stellar eruption —…
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The marine otters, also known as chungungos, were once hunted almost until extinction. But now the fishing community is protecting this rare specie.…
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In the foothills of the Patagonian Andes, only one in five of puma’s guanaco hunts are successful. The Original Series “Patagonia: Life on the Edge…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A lone male puma stalked through the tall grass of Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park, and it appeared to be…
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“It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack,” crews said describing the search for a blue whale. The final episode of “Patagonia: Life on the Edge…
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This behind-the-scene videos show the great lengths Isaà Madriz, an entomologist and zoologist, went to find rare insects. The new Original Series…
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By Kristen Rogers and Ashley Strickland, CNN Tonight’s sturgeon supermoon could have you dancing in the moonlight — the type that only…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A new telescope image showcases two entangled galaxies that will eventually merge into one millions of years from now…
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By Irene Nasser and Rhea Mogul, CNN Thailand has received a request from former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to enter the country,…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN An analysis of a 2,300-year-old text and coins has helped researchers decipher ancient recipes for bronze, including two…
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A climate crisis-induced ice melt is making Greenland the epicenter of the dire impacts of climate change, while also creating opportunities to find…
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By René Marsh, CNN Some of the world’s richest men are funding a massive treasure hunt, complete with helicopters and transmitters, on the…
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By Megan Marples, CNN If you feel like there’s less time in the day, you’re correct. Scientists recorded the shortest day on Earth since…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Since ancient times, the idea of eternal life has captivated the human imagination. Around the world, there are so-called blue…
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By Rachel Fadem, CNN Research on ancient footprints has previously challenged what’s known about when people arrived in North America, and a…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The monito del monte, an endearing mouselike creature that lives in the forests of Patagonia, races vertically up trees, covering…
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When a Monitos del monte goes into hibernation its heart rate drops to a couple of beats per minute and breathes once every three minutes.…
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