The number of habitats in North America that bumblebees occupy has fallen by almost 50 percent
Yet another spate of evidence suggests the Rapa Nui people were going strong long after Europeans first arrived in 1722
She completed the longest continuous spaceflight for a female astronaut with a voyage that lasted 328 days
The HMS Challenger’s expedition in the 1800s provides a baseline for ocean health as the climate changes
Researchers can now analyze precious samples of lunar rock atom by atom
The artworks, collected by the open-access Biodiversity Heritage Library, range from animal sketches to historical diagrams and botanical studies
The viral video gives scientists an inside look at how cooperative hunters interact with human-made structures
Judean dates were once renowned for their size and flavor
Nitrogen on the dwarf planet’s glacial 'heart' becomes vapor each day and freezes each night
Sometimes, science really blows
The nests, covered in gold leaf and paint, act as a time capsule for the surrounding environment circa 1870
Chemical analysis of the cookware reveals the diets of two ancient Siberian cultures
Sperm whales are at the top of the food chain, and the effects of undersea landslides rippled up
These birds are nicknamed for donkeys, but structure their calls like words
Researchers suspect the 7,200-year-old well stayed intact because it spent several centuries underwater
Wind or water flow deflecting off one dune will shove its neighbor away
The swarms were sparked by the unusually high number of cyclones in 2019
The behavior is believed to scare off competitors while wooing potential mates
The individuals, buried with their hands tied behind their backs, may be executed Anglo-Saxon prisoners or casualties of the English Civil War
The Public Health Emergency of International Concern designation was established in 2005—and has only been used five times since
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