At least three and possibly up to 15 birds have died of avian flu at two New York City zoos, according to the organization ...

All animals live in or seek a set of climate conditions they find tolerable. This "climate envelope" partially determines ...

In 1924 an Australian anthropologist and anatomist, Raymond Dart, acquired a block of calcified sediment from a limestone ...

Last month was the hottest January on record, blitzing the previous high and stunning climate scientists who expected cooler ...

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the ...

We had a particularly great week for new research findings, in my opinion. I mean, stories like a 2% improvement in a ...

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

The early lineages of hexapods (broadly defined insects) have long been debated. Researchers at University of Tsukuba and ...

In an age where social media promises to connect us, a Baylor University study reveals a sobering paradox—the more time we ...

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study from the University of ...

Harmful algal blooms, sometimes called HABs, occur when algae grow out of control. Algae are photosynthetic organisms that ...