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August 8, 2018

Bermuda Triangle is no mystery, ocean scientist explains

The Bermuda Triangle can be easily explained, says an ocean scientist, noting that the area does not deserve its “mysterious” reputation.

August 8, 2018

California wildfires rage in astronaut photos from the Space Station

The wildfires raging across California are a sight to behold from 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth.

August 7, 2018

Toxic algae bloom killing marine life, making people sick along Florida's Gulf Coast

Albert Fernandez has been fishing the waters of Florida his entire life, but the once crystal-clear water he remembers has turned a brownish-red the past few months because of a toxic algae polluting the water.

August 7, 2018

Hothouse Earth? Scientists believe planet could soon cross a threshold, leading to warmer temps and sea rise

Scientists believe we could soon cross a climate threshold leading to extreme heat and catastrophic, rising seas in the decades and centuries to come.

August 6, 2018

Rare 10-foot squid washes up on Oregon beach

An extremely rare robust clubhook squid washed up on an Oregon beach in late July, giving scientists a unique opportunity to study the mysterious deep sea creatures.

August 6, 2018

The world's deepest, rarest diamonds revealed a big secret about our planet's interior

If you want to see what the world's most famous diamonds looked like as babies, you'll have to rewind history by about a billion years.

August 3, 2018

Giant eel bites woman vacationing in Hawaii: 'There was blood everywhere'

Kristen Porter was relaxing on a floatie at Kuhio Beach in Waikiki, Hawaii last week when she felt something sharp pierce her foot.

August 3, 2018

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Dead fish, turtles, manatees wash up on southwest Florida beaches

It may be interesting to look at, but an explosion of red tide algae off the coast of southwestern Florida is killing off marine animals in record numbers, decimating the population of creatures such as fish, sea turtles, manatees and more.

August 3, 2018

Clues to Mayan civilization's mysterious collapse may be held in ancient lake, study suggests

The innovative Mayan empire — with is impressive temples, calendar and artwork — mystersiously collapsed nearly 1,000 years ago, leaving many scholars to question how such a seemingly advanced peoples could essentially disappear.

August 3, 2018

Amazing photo reveals a lunar eclipse like you've never seen it before

If you've ever stood in the totality of a solar eclipse, you've seen something astonishing: the full width of the moon's dark shadow blocking out the sun, perfectly encircled by the dim, wispy rays of the sun's corona. And if you've also stood outside during a lunar eclipse, you might know that the effect is somewhat less dramatic. As Earth's shadow falls on the moon, it quickly swallows the smaller orbiting rock. The effect of the moon glowing bloody red with Earth's refracted twilight is beautiful, but the effect doesn't fully convey the scale of the astronomical phenomenon at work in the same in-your-face way as happens during a solar eclipse. The moon, much smaller than Earth's shadow, never shows the whole thing on its surface.