Following speculation that comets could have been alien spacecrafts, more and more experts in the field are convinced that ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

TOKYO – Alligator weed, an invasive plant species native to South America, is spreading in rivers and lakes in Japan. The ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

A T. Rex missing link, a spike-fossil and a raptor still eating its dinner are just a few of the interesting dinosaur ...

Researchers have identified over 70 new species, from ancient dinosaurs to living mammals and insects preserved in amber ...

Federal authorities followed a trail of blood to discover a Bengal tiger cub in a dog crate, leading to charges against a ...

A federal judge has temporarily barred ICE from making arrests at immigration courts across Northern California.

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever—more than 16,000 every year—and the trend shows no sign of ...

In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...