At a certain point, it won’t take much to knock out the hellbender. If you were to line up every species on Earth in the order of most to least at risk of extinction, explains John Wiens ...

Let’s face it—animal stories are simply the best. Whether it's a jaguar casually strolling through a Brazilian neighborhood, ...

Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws ...

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

Imagine standing on a windswept English beach, the salty air stinging your face, while jagged cliffs loom overhead. Suddenly, ...

Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane has heartbreakingly ... Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.' His popularity and fame transcended the sport of baseball.

Slideshows ...

During that time, a freezing climate wiped out about 85% of Earth’s species. Somehow ... because this fossil is just so beautifully preserved, there’s so much anatomy there that needs interpreting.” ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

Rising global temperatures are driving the sharp decline in terrestrial water storage. This trend isn’t likely to change, scientists say.

"The claim that dust is halfway between an atom and Earth would be valid on a logarithmic scale for dust particles that are a ...

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...