According to the new preprint, clerical errors, pension fraud, and a lack of birth certificates explain blue zones and their ...

Its influence on better-known ancient civilizations is unknown, but may well have been an important missing piece in our ...

While many people who catch COVID will only have cold- and flu-like symptoms, we’ve known for some time now that the SARS-CoV ...

The beautiful orange and blue Guam kingfisher ( Todiramphus cinnamominus ), also known as the sihek, has been extinct in its ...

It’s thought that the earliest glyphs were created around 100 BCE, and many are now considerably more obscured than they ...

Scientists discovered the new species, which goes by the scientific name Harriotta avia – avia meaning “grandmother” in Latin ...

The new report argues that the following planetary boundaries have already transgressed beyond the “safe operating space for ...

How well-fed the insects are could affect their “mating filter" (and no, this shouldn't be extrapolated to humans).

The Judge’s Choice Winner was awarded to Andrea Williamson for her image of some of the rarest fish in the world. Though they ...

It’s common for areas of open water to appear within sea ice, to the extent the phenomenon has a name: a polynya. However, ...

In the Strait of Juan de Fuca, a whale watching tour group witnessed a harbor seal ( Phoca vitulina) looking pretty bewildered inside the mouth of a humpback whale named Zillion. These incredible ...

If you’re not already familiar, Pesto is a king penguin chick resident at SEA LIFE Melbourne in Australia. When he hatched back in late January, he weighed only 200 grams (7 ounces), penguin keeper ...