New research has found that tree species diversity can play a crucial role in protecting forests from the growing threat of ...

Narwhals have nature's only straight tusk, a single tooth up to three meters (10 feet) long, so strange they were sold as ...

A study on Roman law by the Carlos III University of Madrid analyzes the regulations and complex imperial logistics governing ...

Lakes may look like picturesque stopping points along a river or stream, but they can have a big influence on what happens to ...

Has El Niño reached the West Coast? You might think it has. After all, the ocean off Southern and Central California is ...

UC Riverside scientists have developed a way to identify where Earth's biggest earthquakes are most likely to occur, offering ...

After an eight-year journey, a spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes began the monthslong, high-risk approach to ...

Rice University researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter, extending the ...

Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as the vast archipelago battles fires that have burned large swaths of Borneo and ...

An orangutan mother and her baby, threatened by wildfires encroaching on their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier ...

When humans are making decisions, they are known not to rely solely on their own considerations and the evidence available to them. Past behavioral science and psychology studies have shown that ...

Beneath the Arctic Ocean is an orchestra featuring natural and human composers, from cracking sea ice and whistling beluga ...