Scientists around the world are warning that Earth may already be entering a sixth mass extinction event driven by climate ...

An artist's imagining of a saprotrophic fungus. (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) In the wake of the ...

Scientists studied ancient fungal spores and discovered Earth may already have been under stress before the asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.

Ancient oceans were filled with massive, fearsome creatures. Based on sheer size alone, these animals put today's aquatic giants to shame. One such creature is a newly named "sea tyrant" that ruled ...

Sometimes, tropical cyclones cause animals to evolve to survive storms more easily, and sometimes they lead to mass migration or extinction. Mention hurricane and images of devastation usually fill ...

We should all strive to be curious, open-minded, and seek to get as close to the objective truth as possible. However, this ...

I’ve recently been in the throes of helping to organize a BioBlitz for my local land trust, the Great Works Regional Land ...

The American Meteor Society said a boom heard by residents in multiple states Saturday afternoon was a 3-foot wide meteor entering the atmosphere near the Massachusetts and New Hampshire ...

Steven Bartlett haters rejoice – his planned AI kids’ show gives you another reason to despair - IN FOCUS: As the ...

As the entrepreneur-turned-guru reportedly gears up to launch an AI-generated TV programme for children, Katie Rosseinsky ...

In 1937 the French poet and philosopher Paul Valéry published “Reflections on the World Today,” in which he originated one of literature’s great lines: “The problem with our times is that the future ...

Birds have all kinds of fancy decorations for attracting mates—male peacocks have a fan of feathers accented with shimmering ...