You’ve likely been in a situation where someone told you something that sounded rather absurd, and you began to find it ...

On Dec. 9-10, skywatchers across parts of Canada, the U.S. and Europe will witness a very rare occultation of the bright star ...

In part of a series of special reports from the Irish News in Ethiopia, Bishop Tesfasellassie Medhin spoke of the ‘horrific’ ...

New metallic beetle species, Konradus trescrucensis, is discovered in the Andes. It has adapted to extremely cold weather.

There are roughly 2.5 million known species on the planet, but scientists estimate that's only a fraction of the biodiversity on Earth. A new study shows we're finding new species like never before.

Renee Hahnel, a travel expert with Vail Resorts, is particularly fond of Crans-Montana. (Though she may be a little bit ...

More research is needed before scientists can determine whether the recently observed methane signatures point to the presence of an atmosphere or are simply the result of contamination from the host ...

Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing ...

The scientific revelation comes from a seismic modeling study led by Professor Arwen Deuss, a geoscientist at Utrecht ...

Birds across Europe climb higher as warming spreads. Sunlight shapes where many settle, yet upward travel comes mainly from climate pressure.

The pioneering primatologist destroyed the myth of gorillas as savage brutes before being killed by human hands, 40 years ago ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.