Scientists have unearthed 240-million-year-old fossils in Germany that resemble a lizard, but are in fact those of an ancestor to turtles. A...
Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) and the University of Tokyo have found two species of deep sea sharks,...
The sixth mass extinction, formally known as the Holocene extinction, could spell the end of the human race and according to a...
Researchers have discovered millions of mummified dogs laid to rest in the catacombs next to an ancient Egyptian temple built for Anubis,...
While popular assumption dictates a substantial reduction in winter deaths, the findings of a new study indicate otherwise. The study’s findings suggest...
While moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) can’t regenerate lost limbs, they can symmetrically rearrange the ones they have left, according to new research....
While past observations such as changes in the amount of sulphur contained within the planet’s atmosphere have revealed hints of volcanism on...
Federal biologists have embarked on a mission to survey what could be the largest toxic algae bloom ever recorded off the West...
While a tropical vacation might not sound like a bad idea to a lot of folks, dinosaurs from the mid-Triassic period tended...
Bioengineers at Colombia University have created an evaporation engine which costs just $5 to build and requires nothing more than bacterial spores...
The results of a recently published study suggest hawk moths, large swift-flying moths which typically feed on nectar while hovering, actually slow...
Back in 2008, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft beamed back close-up images of the “hotspots” astronomers had previously observed on Saturn’s poles and the...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope detected a planet possessing a similar atmosphere to Earth. The distant planet, WASP-33b, has a stratosphere – one of...
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Friday that all chimpanzees, both wild and captive, will be officially designated as...
When now 17-year-old Tom Wagg was just 15-years-old, he discovered a planet while doing work-experience at Keele University. The planet which he...
The making of modern Europe began roughly 5,000 years ago with the mass migration of people from what is now southern Russia...
Serengeti National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Tanzania, is in the news today after the largest-ever scientific camera trapping...
Aluminum contamination could be causing a Alzheimer’s like condition in the bee population, playing a role in their decline, according to the findings...
While NASA looks towards a manned mission to Mars, the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to make history without traveling to another...
LightSail mission controllers at The Planetary Society, of which Bill Nye “the Science Guy” is the CEO, downloaded a partial image of...