While moss form vital substrates that allow more complex plant and animal life to move into new ecological niches, the plants themselves are often seen as simple lifeforms.

The Colorado River is approaching thresholds its dams were never meant to cross. What happens next could transform how water and electricity move across the American Southwest.

Below the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, lies Bobcat Cave—a well-monitored karst cave system already known for its endemic species, such as the Alabama cave shrimp.

The most provocative candidate for the continent’s oldest evidence of human activity comes from the Santa Elina rock shelter in Mato Grosso, central Brazil. There, researchers reported the presence of ...

In a recent study, an international team of scientists solved a decades-long mystery and determined how cones work at the ...

Fixed-blade knives are one of humanity's oldest tools, but they're far from obsolete. While folding pocket knives are more ...

These otherworldly orbs of light in the Chihuahuan Desert have perplexed locals for more than a century, but modern science ...

Despite the Cold War’s official end, Dead Hand was never dismantled and remains dormant today, raising unsettling questions ...

Our minds evolved to survive. But their inner workings have astonishing—and sometimes disturbing—consequences for everyday ...

This breakthrough transforms the building of synthetic DNA from a chemical process to an electrical one. Here’s what you’ll ...

A peer-reviewed paper suggests that we may have old photographic evidence of historical UFOs. However, not all experts agree, and say that old photos could simply be damaged or be artifacts from old ...

After guiding the two pilots to an elevation and distance where Ruidoso was in sight, air traffic control informed the ...