Studying this event could hold lessons for scientists about how to protect astronauts from radiation on future trips to the Red Planet
The last time a botanist recorded a sighting of false mermaid-weed in the state was in 1916
Researchers extracted parasitic DNA from preserved teeth and bones, revealing how malaria spread across the globe in a new study
Astronomers suggest this cold, dense cloud compressed our sun's protective field between two and three million years ago, leaving the Earth exposed to cosmic material
The famed explorer died of a heart attack aboard the ship near South Georgia Island in 1922, and it sank in the north Atlantic Ocean in 1962
Endo's research paved the way for the development of drugs to treat high cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attacks or strokes
The species is among three newly identified monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, discovered from fossils in Australia that are shedding light on the odd animals' evolution
The international effort, led by the Prague Zoo, released seven Przewalski’s horses to their native steppe habitat in central Asia
A collection of 44 new studies, largely based on a short-duration tourist trip in 2021, provides insight into the health effects of traveling to space
The species was only described in 2017 after "hiding in plain sight" for nearly three centuries
In a new study, a computer model was able to identify the recipient of an elephant's call more than a quarter of the time, which scientists say is significantly greater than chance
On early winter mornings, a thin layer of ice forms in craters atop the Red Planet's towering peaks, near its equator, according to a new study
During Australia’s devastating bushfires in 2019 and 2020, misinformation spread about wombats welcoming animals into their underground homes—but a new study finds a kernel of truth in the viral story
Veteran storm chaser Val Castor spotted the behemoth ice chunk in a ditch near Vigo Park in the Texas panhandle
The Apollo 8 lunar module pilot also served in the U.S. Air Force and worked extensively on nuclear energy projects
A stagnant high-pressure system over the region is trapping heat, exacerbating high temperatures and setting records
A new study suggests people in the Eurasian steppe bred horses around 2200 B.C.E., challenging earlier ideas about the beginnings of horse husbandry
A genetic analysis of opulent burial mounds in Germany sheds new light on how power passed through family lines
The strain is not the same one that has infected U.S. cows and three dairy farm workers, and officials say the risk to the general public remains low
Likely transported by Hurricane Idalia last August, more than 100 of the pink birds were counted in a February census in the Sunshine State, where they are considered a native species
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