News

  1. Earth

    Fast-spreading crack threatens giant Antarctic ice shelf

    A fast-spreading crack threatens Larsen C, one of Antarctica’s biggest ice shelves, satellite data suggest.

    By Thomas Sumner
  2. Animals

    When baboons travel, majority rules

    GPS study suggests baboons use simple rules to resolve travel disputes without leaders.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Genetics

    Ivory DNA pinpoints poaching hot spots

    Genetic analysis of ivory DNA reveals major poaching hot spots in Africa.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Agriculture

    Many of Earth’s groundwater basins run deficits

    Twenty-one of Earth’s 37 largest groundwater basins are rapidly depleting, satellite data show.

    By Thomas Sumner
  5. Anthropology

    Kennewick Man’s DNA links him to present-day Native Americans

    Genetic analysis of Kennewick Man suggests that the ancient Pacific Northwest man was most closely related to modern Native Americans, not Polynesians.