Articles by

Carolyn Gramling

The Hunga Tonga volcano eruption touched space and spawned a lightning blitz

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the Pacific Ocean erupted earlier this year, the event was...

Why the sale of a T. rex fossil could be a big loss for science

Tyrannosaurus rex isn’t just a king to paleontologists — the dinosaur increasingly reigns over the world of...

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is erupting. Here’s what you need to know

Mauna Loa, Earth’s largest active volcano, abruptly woke up on November 27 after an almost 40-year nap....

Here’s what happened to the Delaware-sized iceberg that broke off Antarctica

It was the rift watched ‘round the world. In July 2017, after weeks of anticipation, a massive...

Ancient fish fossils highlight the strangeness of our vertebrate ancestors

My, what small teeth they had. A newfound treasure trove of ancient fish fossils unearthed in southern...

Glowing spider fossils may exist thanks to tiny algae’s goo 

The secret ingredient for fossil preservation at a famous French site wouldn’t be found in a Julia...

The mysterious Hiawatha crater in Greenland is 58 million years old

The powerful impact that created a mysterious crater at the northwestern edge of Greenland’s ice sheet happened...

Fossils show a crocodile ancestor dined on a young dinosaur

For the first time, scientists have found indisputable evidence that an ancient crocodile ancestor chowed down on...