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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

A league of scientists are calling for a critical discussion on the dangers of life forms made up of 'mirror-image molecules' ...

An elderly patient in Louisiana is in "critical condition" with severe avian influenza, US authorities announced Wednesday, ...

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

Back when the Moon was newly formed, before it settled into a more circular orbit, the Moon's orbit may have been eccentric ...