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One of the scientists involved in tracking Contender – the biggest great white shark ever recorded by researchers in the Atlantic – has revealed how to escape a close encounter. Contender, the 14-foot ...

Young children have a lot of trust in scientists, and watching superhero TV shows with villainous researchers has little ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — A scientist who once bucked pandemic policy told a Senate panel on Wednesday that the National Institutes of Health is the “crown jewel” of biomedical research and medical ...

Brienne May said she started learning about local ecology and incorporating it into her classroom teaching about two years ago. Each summer educators are invited to apply for the opportunity to work ...

On January 17, 2025, research group OCEARCH located and tagged a gigantic male great white shark, now known as “Contender.” The shark’s name honors the Contender Boats that OCEARCH uses for their ...

The Great Lakes owe their existence to a hotspot that was active hundreds of millions of years ago, according to new research. This Cape Verde hotspot currently sits beneath the island nation in the ...

A real shark scientist reacts to the wildest “close call” moments with great whites ever caught on camera. From cage dives gone wrong to surprise breaches next to boats, he explains what’s really ...

Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in the wild were hailed as “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” via Jane Goodall InstituteCredit ...

Tossed the softest of softball questions, William Katzman, vice president for exhibits at the Great Lakes Science Center, can’t resist the joke. Why is the soon-to-open traveling exhibition “Super ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count is slated for Feb. 14-17, all over the globe. Last year, more than 642,000 people in 210 countries or subregions helped count birds. This Valentine's Day weekend, love ...