From BBC When scientists presented the first ever picture of a black hole last year, it was hailed as an extraordinary breakthrough. Well, now they’ve released some additional imagery that was acquired in the years running up to that historic…

From BBC Palaeontologists believe they have settled a debate surrounding the largest ever carnivorous dinosaur. The researchers at the University of Portsmouth say their discovery of 1,200 dinosaur teeth “proves beyond reasonable doubt” that Spinosaurus was an “enormous river-monster”. Its…

Local residents and sellers barter over the latest shark catch. Image courtesy of Longshot productions / TRAFFIC. In a video clip, seven fishermen climb into a wooden “Popo” boat that’s beached on the Republic of the Congo’s sandy shoreline. They…

From BBC image copyrightBILAL RASHID/REUTERS About 380 whales have died in what is suspected to be Australia’s largest stranding on record, officials say. Since Monday, hundreds of long-finned pilot whales have been found beached on Tasmania’s west coast. Rescuers had…

This illustration is the second installment of “Comic Con,” a new series where we convert a previously published Grist story into a graphic explainer. The images below are based on Grist’s 2020 wildfire season coverage. More resources: How apocalyptic this…