For America’s direction in space, the course set by Vice President Kamala Harris during the Biden administration has been less to boldly go where no one...
A “toadlet” in Brazil is the second-smallest vertebrate known to exist on the planet.
A philosopher journeys into the world of comparative thanatology, which explores how animals of all kinds respond to death and dying.
Forecasters will soon be able to use the instrument, a coronagraph, to better monitor the effects of solar storms.
Woe betide the rhinoceros radiologist. “Radiologists are very comfortable with dogs, cats, horses, cows,” said Dr. Michael Adkesson, the president and chief executive of Brookfield Zoo...
Three NASA astronauts and a fourth from the Russian space agency returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Friday morning after weather-related delays.
Fossils reveal that prehistoric cicadas’ wings evolved to help them evade hungry predators with feathers and beaks, scientists say.
Archaeologists in Norway have confirmed that an ancient set of human remains known as the Well Man were intended to make the locals unwell.
She lived to 28, roaming the Yellowstone area with her many offspring while becoming a favorite among both residents and visitors.
Some 1,350 light-years from Earth, astronomers detected strange pairs of unexplained objects orbiting in the Orion Nebula. Since then, about 12 months ago, other scientists have...