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It’s the mother of all disaster drills for what could be the worst disaster in American history
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New study trained fish to spit at human faces
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A 293.6-foot endangered yellow meranti tree on the island of Borneo was discovered by scanning its forests
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DNA analysis of bison fossils show that people likely migrated down the Pacific coast and not through the Rocky Mountains
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A new study finds that the abandoned nuclear test sites aren't much more radioactive than Central Park
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An Airbus jumbo jet will soon become home to all sorts of sea life
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Larval perch gorge themselves on microplastics, which seems to be stunting growth and affecting natural instincts
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Researchers are uncovering fragments of medieval texts used in early book binding
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Biologists have waited with bated breath for months
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Though these formations may not be evidence of a lost city, they show off some intriguing chemistry
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Where did Fido come from? It’s complicated
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X-ray spectroscopy lays a decades-long metal mystery to rest
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Will tighter rules help reduce global demand?
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Thai officials found nearly 140 captive tigers as well as 40 dead cubs kept in freezers at the self-proclaimed sanctuary
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Scientists used “jumping genes” as a time machine to track down changes in moths’ appearance
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A little-known fact: The author of “Lolita” was also an avid lepidopterist
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So-called “Frankenbrooms” are causing tension amongst the world's curlers
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Using the tiny hairs that cover their bodies, bees can tap into the weak electric field in the atmosphere
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Will a warming planet destroy humankinds' most precious cultural treasures?
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