Evolution

A supervolcano may be brewing underneath Chile, with a cold interior that is upending ideas about triggers of huge eruptions

In the last few decades blue whale calls have been getting lower in pitch—and a rebound in their numbers may be the reason. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

A unique anatomical setup helped some herbivorous dinosaurs crunch through their Cretaceous world

Scientists scramble to analyze data from the eruption of Kilauea, hoping to predict similar events elsewhere

New study finds that canines are not exceptional in the animal world

Fossils from Alabama revise the reconstruction of an ancient sea turtle

Freak heavy rainstorms in 2015 and 2017 wiped out many dry-adapted microbes in the Atacama Desert, useful info in the search for life off Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Necessity is the mother of invention

Looking to fire-adapted trees and animals could reduce the impacts of California’s deadly blazes

The enormous crater is among the 25 largest known on Earth, and likely came from a meteorite impact within the past three million years

Immigrants to the U.S. lose their native mix of gut microbes almost immediately after arriving in the U.S.—which researchers can't quite explain. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

Paleontologists are still searching to uncover the deep history of nature's hitchhikers.