In honor of Save a Spider Day, we've picked the best photo contest submissions that showcase the beauty of spiders across the globe
Israel battles a swarm of millions of locusts that flew from Egypt that is giving rise to a host of ecological, political and agricultural issues
A new DNA analysis confirms that an ancient skull found in a Siberian cave was an early ancestor of man's best friend
The birds' plumage is even colder than the surrounding air, paradoxically insulating them from heat loss
Actually, fairly smart. And we're only seeing the first wave of smartwatches, with Apple expected to enter the fray as early as this year
Look for the comet just after twilight in the Northern Hemisphere's western sky, with the best viewing chances to come early next week
Ivory poachers slashed the population of the small elephants by 62 percent in the past decade--future losses at those rates will doom the species
Melting sea ice will open up shipping lanes across the Arctic, potentially making the Northwest Passage and North Pole navigable during summer
Thanks to global warming, hot air piles up at mid-latitudes and causes storms and heat waves to linger for long stretches of time, new research shows.
Artist Nathalie Miebach uses meteorological data to create 3D woven works of art and playable musical scores
The level of soot in Beijing's air is off the charts, leading to higher risks of lung cancer, heart attacks and other health problems
Thanks to a proposal by astronomers Avi Loeb and Dan Maoz, we could find evidence of extraterrestrial life very soon
With nanomedicine, the strategy is not to poison cancer cells or to blast them away but to trick them
The AMS can detect and sort hundreds of billions of high-energy particles whizzing through space
Artist Kevin Cooley has traveled the world capturing landscapes where one light shines on the horizon
The freelancer’s new exhibit at the Natural History Museum captures the beauty, and fragility, of sea life
After studying chimpanzees for decades, the celebrated scientist turns her penetrating gaze on another life-form
Birds like the snowy egret were on the brink of extinction, all because of their sought-after plumage
A scientist studying female elephants—usually portrayed as cooperative—makes a surprising observation about their behavior
From tracking a giant squid to decoding jellyfish alarms in the Gulf, a depth-defying scientist plunges under the sea
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