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A plus for meteorologists but perhaps bad news for rovers
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In five years, the two soda companies sponsored at least 96 health and medical groups
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As their numbers dwindle, the poofy Pallas’ Cats will finally get their own protected park
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The fuzzy, buzzy creatures are capable of more than you might think
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There's more to the story
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Two Wentworth elms identified at Holyroodhouse escaped Dutch elm disease, which destroyed millions of other trees
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Researchers say 115 years old is the ceiling for most of us—with a few outliers able to live a bit longer
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The Draconid and Orionid meteor showers will streak across night skies this month
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A judge recently ordered the Fish and Wildlife Service to let the endangered wolves stay where they are
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Recording fish communication could help scientists learn more about the impact of underwater noise pollution
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The winning trio created the building blocks of nanomachines that have the potential to revolutionize many fields of science and industry
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The southern African nation now supports protection for the animals instead of limited sales of ivory
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Deep coral reefs reveal their secrets in a study two decades in the making
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Winners probed superconductors and superfluids, launching the ongoing hunt for strange phases of matter
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Uncovered in the Gobi desert, the tracks of the titanosaur show that the beast certainly lived up to its name
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Since his discovery in 2005, Toughie the frog has been the face of amphibian extinction
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Excavations at the site Arroyo Seco 2 include stone tools and evidence that humans were hunting giant sloths, giant armadillos and extinct horse species
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A photographer’s good eye captures an elusive phenomenon
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Researchers developed a new polymer that changes shape over time, which could lead to a new class of medical implants
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Using CT scans of the Neolithic man's vocal tract, Italian researchers have approximated the way he pronounced his vowels
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