These destinations check a lot of boxes for eco-minded travelers who want optimal dark sky viewing far from city lights—but ...

Most Americans don’t work on farms these days, so it’s easy for people to dismiss the illness as something they’re unlikely ...

Female screwworm flies lay hundreds of eggs in the exposed flesh of warm-blooded animals, potentially causing severe harm and ...

High in the cloud forests of western Honduras, the elusive jade palm pit viper has become a symbol of a vanishing ...

A new off-grid tour takes travellers deep into New Zealand’s largest basin in search of the elusive black stilt.

Scientists created the first-ever map of this vast underground fungal network and found it could stretch to the sun and back ...

Deposited over millions of years, the whale necropolis is covered with deep-sea species, many of which are new to science.

With urbanization and light pollution, Indonesia’s firefly species are dwindling. This Balinese family is helping the insects ...

A long-distance trek is challenging enough, without having to pitch a tent every night. Here’s our pick of the continent’s ...

A new filter called bemotrizinol offers broad-spectrum protection and has been a key player in European and Asian sunscreens ...

Many archaeologists believe the famed tower from the Book of Genesis may have had a real historical counterpart in ancient ...

Commander Randy Bresnik and three others will attempt to dock with two different lunar landers in Earth orbit, paving the way ...