It's a discovery that could have great importance for public health – and indeed the health of local ecologies in general.

"Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to be observed with space-based or ground-based telescopes," NASA added in a statement ...

Two years after the eruption of Mount St Helens, local gophers were sent to the area in what must have been quite a confusing ...

The findings showed that Neanderthals could have used river valleys as natural highways to traverse the region. By following these river corridors via a northern route, it’s possible they moved around ...

“We didn’t know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the Sun’s poles are literally terra incognita,” added Professor Sami Solanki, who leads the PHI instrument team from the Max ...

“The scars and wounds seen on the sharks tell us about their interactions with each other, their environment, their prey and humans,” explained Scot Anderson, Senior Researcher at the California White ...

I n Senegal, an elephant so rare they’re considered near mythical has been caught on camera for the first time in half a decade. Known as “ghost elephants”, it’s thought there are only five to 10 left ...

A sk most people getting older, and they'll tell you, time feels like it's speeding up as you gradually run out of it. The endless summers of childhood, once dragging on forever, now seem to pass in a ...

A squid that had previously never been seen alive has been captured on camera by scientists working in the Southern Ocean.

The San José was a galleon treasure ship tasked with transporting large quantities of looted treasures from South America on ...

A fter just over a week on the run, Ed the zebra has finally been caught. The rebellious equine caused quite a stir with his escape antics, shutting down highways, inspiring memes, and even gathering ...

With a recorded total population speeding towards fewer than 2,000, the critically endangered gray-shanked douc langur ...