Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Rising H5N1 bird flu cases in the U.S. prompted the CDC to study the virus in ferrets, revealing it may have the potential to ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

A fragment of cloth found in a royal tomb in Greece decades ago might be the remains of a tunic once worn by Alexander the ...

Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for ...

For 188 years, the king cobra has been represented by a single species, Ophiophagus hannah. But this widely distributed ...

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently ...

The first-ever wooden satellite, called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo ...

The new research suggests that this dinosaur's armor was adapted for fighting between members of Borealopelta markmitchelli.

Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...

Pando is a giant aspen clone in central Utah that has been regrowing parts of itself for up to 80,000 years — but new threats ...

On what would've been the astronomer's 90th trip around the sun, here's a look at his legacy as a scientist, advocate and ...