In a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, astronomers describe the youngest transiting planet ever found. It’s ...

Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...

Too late to save the ivory-billed woodpecker, Arthur Allen changed science forever with his seemingly simple idea ...

Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small ...

Scientists say just 200 grams of the material could capture 44 pounds of the greenhouse gas per year—the same as a large tree ...

Starring Saoirse Ronan as a young mother, the film celebrates Londoners' resilience in the face of an eight-month Nazi aerial ...

Wildlife caretakers released the bird into the Southern Ocean after he'd put on some weight and regained his strength ...

Pig frogs are named for their low grunting sound, which sounds like a pig’s “oink.” They mostly call to attract female frogs, ...

On this day in 1718, the Royal Navy attacked and killed Blackbeard, also known as Edward Teach, off the coast of North ...

Maurizio Cattelan’s perishable piece soared above the pre-auction estimate of $1.5 million and was the subject of an intense ...

Officials claim the items once belonged to an influential Etruscan family that lived around the third century B.C.E. Reuters’ ...

Despite only weighing as much as a AA battery, these birds have charisma to spare and are amazing avian acrobats. Nearly 60 ...