Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans.

The discovery of water ice around a distant star is allowing scientists to study how the key ingredient for life is delivered ...

The universe has been expanding for 13.8 billion years, but this may not go on forever. According to some theories, we may be ...

Researchers have located the wrecks of two long-lost military vehicles on the seafloor a few miles from San Diego: an ...

Open wide! The gaping gob of a pelican eel can expand into a voluminous sac for trapping elusive prey in the dark ocean depths.

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond ...

Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two ...

Colossal Biosciences' chief scientist has clarified that its "dire wolves" are just genetically modified gray wolves ...

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved ...

Scientists have designed an amplifier that can transmit 10 times more information per second than current fiber-optic systems ...

A groundbreaking new supercomputer model shows how magnetic fields shape the turbulent flow of charged particles in space.