All posts by Laura Baisas

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin,

Mixodectes pungens lived only a few million years after the dinosaurs went extinct. The post This extinct tree-dwelling mammal may

The pet fish have ‘bottomless appetites’ and will wreak havoc on local watersheds. The post Please stop releasing pet goldfish

The star that exploded to create this cosmic wonder was about 20 times bigger than our sun. The post Candy-colored

Friends of Big Bear Valley confirmed that the first crack in one egg’s shell was at 3:09 p.m. PST on

Seven skulls indicate that the Iron Age practice was ‘more complex than initially thought.’ The post New clues to the

This 'devil horned' sunflower is the first plant species described in a US national park in almost 50 years. The

There are two main factors that can make us shiver or sweat. The post What is ‘feels-like’ temperature? A meteorologist

Volunteer fossil hunters and trained paleontologists uncover a new Australian dinosaur and the oldest known megaraptorid. The post A 20-foot-long

The pups head out on their own after only 15 to 20 days of nursing. The post Baby seals are