A 13-year-old found a 5-million-year-old fossil, and now there's a new species of walrus named in his honor

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Forrest Sheperd as a teenager walking on the beach near where he found an ancient walrus skull.

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25 award-winning photos from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest show the beauty and fragility of animals in the wild

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An Adélie penguin approaches an emperor penguin and its chick during feeding time in Antarctica's Atka Bay.
Location: Atka Bay, Antarctica.

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There's another missing submersible: A $3.6 million vessel mysteriously disappeared near Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'

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A submersible floating next to ice in the Antarctic ocean
The Ran submersible navigates icy waters to explore huge glaciers.

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Atmospheric river: Definition, relationship to hurricanes, potential benefits, and more FAQs answered

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A cyclone created by an atmospheric river approaches California in 2023.

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An amazing photo of a polar bear napping on an iceberg is driving a conversation about the climate crisis

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A polar bear sleeps on a small iceberg in Svalbard, Norway.

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A former SpaceX intern and 2 other students won $700,000 for deciphering a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll using AI. Here's what it said.

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Greek words on a scanned image of papyrus and the charred scroll below it with red lines from an X-ray
This ancient scroll is part of the only library left from the ancient world.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX was the satellite villain of the skies. It's taking a 'money hit' to try and fix the problem.

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SpaceX uses Falcon 9 rockets to transport batches of around 60 Starlink satellites at a time.
SpaceX uses Falcon 9 rockets to transport batches of around 60 Starlink satellites at a time.

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Over 500,000 pounds of human garbage litter the moon. A group of scientists says we have entered the 'lunar Anthropocene.'

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Photo of Eugene Cernan on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission.
Eugene Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon.

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2 ocean-tech companies are competing in a multimillion-dollar race to find Amelia Earhart's wreckage. One says it may be near the finish line.

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Amelia Earhart stands June 14, 1928, in front of her biplane called 'Friendship' in Newfoundland.

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Scientists say hurricanes are growing so powerful that we need to add a Category 6. Here's what that would look like.

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A hurricane shown from overhead approaching landfall in southern US.
3D rendering of Category 4 hurricane near the US State of Louisiana.

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