Learn more about a rhino tooth that is changing the field of paleontology and providing crucial insights into rhinoceros ...

When researcher Jared Towers set up his cameras underwater to observe a pair of killer whales, he saw something strange. One ...

Earth just recorded one of its shortest days on record on Wednesday, and scientists say its accelerating rotation is expected ...

Brown helps wild animals camouflage themselves as they move along the ground or the trunks of trees. Brown fur keeps animals ...

In the middle of the South Pacific, a group of Fijian plants have solved a problem that has long puzzled scientists: How can ...

Learn about two major asteroid impacts from 3.5 million years ago that may not have had lasting environmental effects.

The new Ophiocordyceps species, found only in flies, are related to the pathogen featured in the video game and TV series ...

Are we living in a cosmic void? New theory suggests our galaxy sits in a giant hole warping the universe's expansion.

A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...

The first full moon of summer is the Buck moon, reaching peak illumination in the afternoon. Here's when you'll want to look ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

Researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that water ...

A school gym-sized facility tucked away at the University of Michigan is quietly pushing the boundaries of what lasers can do ...

Giant mounds of sand discovered beneath the North Sea off Norway may scramble what we know about a key geological process.

A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists. Named 3I/Atlas, it may be three billion years older than our own solar ...

For decades, visitors have flocked to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to see the fossilized bones of prehistoric behemoths like Diplodocus and Stegosaurus on display. As it turns out, another ...