The incredible 4,500-mile Atlantic Ocean journey of tiny turtles

The incredible 4,500-mile Atlantic Ocean journey of tiny turtlesScientists have lifted the lid on an incredible 70-day journey that wild turtles, some younger than six months old, take for the first time.Researchers tagged some of the smallest and youngest ever baby turtles to be tracked, revealing the epic 4,500 mile journey in the Atlantic Ocean.The young Loggerhead turtles were monitored by

Meet the penguin with a heart-shaped breast

Meet the penguin with a heart-shaped breastWhile most of us might wear our hearts on our sleeve, this little chap shows it off in just the right place.He is an Emperor penguin chick whose change of plumage into adulthood was brrrrrilliantly blessed by Mother Nature.The white heart-shaped patch on his chest is a natural formation due to the moulting of his feathers.The baby penguin is blissfully

NASA scientist: Fossils of alien life on meteorite

NASA scientist: Fossils of alien life on meteoriteLiving in the Bay Area, one often wonders where certain beings really came from.And it seems that the pressure for authorities to admit that everything down here isn't exactly human increases every day.Now an astrobiologist with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Dr. Richard B. Hoover, has added to the excitement.Hoover has spent considerable

Ice Age Child Found in Prehistoric Alaskan Home

Ice Age Child Found in Prehistoric Alaskan Home Cremation site hints at how first Americans lived—and where they came from.A team works in an excavation trench at the Alaskan site where an Ice Age child's remains were found.In what's now central Alaska, one of the first Americans—only three years old at the time—was laid to rest in a pit inside his or her house 11,500 years ago, a new excavation

Wellcome Image Awards 2011

Wellcome Image Awards 2011Wellcome Image Awards 2011Striking microscope images nab awardsColorful shots of a ruby-tailed wasp and a human chromosome bring mostly unseen objects to life.Wellcome Image Awards 2011Wellcome Images is world's leading source of ...Wellcome Images is the world's leading source of images of medicine and its history. The Wellcome Image Awards recognize the creators of

Behold the Solar Flare

On Thursday morning, you may be talking about what you watched on Wednesday night. But we're not talking about a TV show. Many parts of the U.S. could be treated to a rare but spectacular celestial event: The northern lights, the aurora borealis, may be on display. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasters estimate that there is a 45% chance of such "