From saccharin in the 19th century to stevia and monk fruit in the 21st, researchers and the food industry have long sought a ...

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after ...

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.

A comprehensive analysis of 383 U.S. cities reveals a striking pattern: most have rings of isolation in suburban areas and ...

Researchers have found a way to control protein levels inside different tissues of a whole, living animal for the first time.

Bacteria are among the most diverse and ancient forms of life on Earth. Yet, much of what is known about them comes from a ...

International humanitarian aid organizations rely on analyses from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) ...

Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, ...

An extraordinary botanical spectacle is drawing crowds in Rio de Janeiro: several talipot palm trees, planted more than six ...

With science increasingly coming under attack, using humor as a way to get people interested in scientific research is more ...

The man tracking chimpanzee movements in a rainforest is required to follow the primates wherever they go—except up in the ...

New research reveals a link between rising temperatures and changes in polar bear DNA, which may be helping them adapt and ...