The ambitious expedition aims to fill data gaps about the glacier-sea boundary to predict when the world might tip into a ...

A majority of 8th-graders and roughly a third of 10th- and 12th-graders do not see great risk in using fentanyl once or twice ...

A whole-genome analysis of Beefalo, a hybrid bison-cattle breed, suggests very few individuals have any bison DNA at all, a ...

Liang Bua cave, purported cut marks on elephant bones and charred remains from other animals led some researchers to propose ...

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s latest exhibit, “From These Lands,” connects visitors with America’s natural history ...

Samples collected at daring heights provide evidence for an untested theory of tree drought adaptation, while countering ...

Analysis of 3,000 incidents in Canada reveals which animal–human activity combos are especially risky. Of note: Elk and ...

Fake, painted decoys suggest immature coloring acts as a social signal, reducing aggression from territorial nesting gulls.

Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the ...

Aquatic life is facing a surge in chemical pollution as drugs, including pharmaceuticals and illicit substances, make their ...

No creature is spared the ravages of disease. For bees, American foulbrood is as ghastly as it sounds: the bacterium that ...