El Niño and La Niña describe opposing patterns in the trade winds that encircle the equator, blowing west from South America ...

The southern grasshopper mouse is largely immune to the venom of the Arizona bark scorpion and will resort to cannibalism ...

Archaeologists have discovered the burial of a woman with a rare "porcelain gallbladder" who was interred at the Mississippi ...

Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall on land, measuring 3,212 feet (979 meters) high and 500 feet (150 m) wide at the base, ...

A dog-like, bio-inspired robot called Spirit is still learning to walk, but could one day be deployed on the moon to explore ...

A surprise coronal mass ejection recently smashed into Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, briefly causing the "devil comet" to lose its ...

During the historic April 8 total solar eclipse, a government radio station in Colorado started sending out slightly shifted ...

Underwater archaeologist and author David Gibbins discusses his new book about shipwrecks around the world.

Major cities across eastern China are sinking due to groundwater extraction and the weight of buildings, potentially exposing ...

Researchers discovered the remains of a huge dinosaur named Bustingorrytitan shiva last year and have now released artistic ...

Africa's soda lakes are rising and it's decimating the cyanobacteria flamingos have evolved to eat, putting the species at ...