A new Stanford-led study offers the clearest picture yet of how some ocean life survived our planet’s biggest mass extinction while most animals did not. About 252 million years ago, 96% of marine species and 70% of land animals died off during the Permian–Triassic extinction event, known as the “Great Dying.” Not all branches of […]
“You know the feeling when you get to the top part of the roller coaster and you’re looking down at the drop? Waiting for a shark on the line is kind of like that,” wrote natural sciences major Catherine Spangler in an account of her ANSEP internship last summer. “When a shark did come up, […]
A new book featuring the work of multiple University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers maps the complex landscape of energy use and security in the Arctic. The “Routledge Handbook of Arctic Energy Transition” offers ways to understand the challenges and opportunities in coming Arctic energy transitions. The book notes that the Arctic is at a pivotal […]
Fossil fragments confirm Praearcturus gigas as the largest scorpion ever discovered, perhaps one metre in length. Specimens held in the Natural History Museum collection since the 1870s have been reinterpreted using modern techniques · Giant scorpion lived tens of millions of years before other famous “giant” arthropods, reshaping ideas about how and why early arthropods grew […]