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 ...

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

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

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

Reassuring evidence on acetaminophen’s safety in pregnancy keeps growing, with another study that compares siblings with ...

Scientists thought angiosperms didn’t use animals to spread seeds until after the Age of Dinosaurs. Fossilized fruits from ...

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

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