The United States has redefined what qualifies as "healthy" food for the first time in 30 years, striking items like white ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, and (given the time of year) Santa's sleigh: the ...

The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into ...

A previously unknown disease that has claimed the lives of dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to be malaria ...

A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today. The discovery ...

Colorectal cancer's characteristic tumors are spurred on by chronic inflammation, and new research shows this might be linked ...

A living time capsule frozen in the depths of Lake Enigma in Antarctica contains a unique ecosystem that has been isolated ...

What, exactly, is your cat thinking? Scientists came up with a questionnaire in 2021 that might give you some idea of where ...

A complete mastodon jaw has been discovered in the back yard of a New York home, along with a few other bits and pieces of ...

Almost all primate species give birth to just one baby, although there are exceptions. Several of the wet-nosed primates – ...

Squirrels might look like adorable, nut-hoarding furballs, but some are ruthless predators that hunt, tear apart, and devour ...

Before the time of the dinosaurs, a naked, warm-blooded egg-layer known as a gorgonopsian sipped water from Pangea's tropical ...