A deep-sea expedition off the coast of Australia has uncovered a hidden world teeming with life, including more than 100 ...

In a small lab at Penn State University, lightning may be happening on a scale smaller than a deck of cards. Victor Pasko, a ...

The latest clues hint at where pterosaurs — the first vertebrates to fly — came from, how they evolved, what they ate and more.

Leaf through a textbook, watch a wellness influencer, or listen in at the gym, and it can feel as though the human body has ...

A new species of snake, Hebius vogeli, has been discovered along the Vietnam-China border. This taxonomic breakthrough stems from a comprehensive reassessment of the Hebius optatus species complex, ...

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...

This offers us a glimpse of the discovery surge scientists expect to occur once full operations begin.

The fossil find suggests that the closest ancestors to modern apes may have emerged in northern Africa rather than what was ...

Every year, scientists venture into Earth’s most remote corners — from the crushing depths of ocean trenches to the misty canopies of cloud forests — and return with remarkable discoveries that ...

Even as some scientists search for signs of life beyond Earth, other researchers have been discovering new species on our own humble planet faster than ever before. From high up in the mountains to ...

DNA tests and bird song recordings reveal Japan’s cryptic Tokara Leaf Warbler, a rare island bird only just recognized as its own species.