December’s full moon, dubbed the cold moon, will reach the crest of its full phase early Sunday. Here’s the best way to view ...

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

This week, learn why Greenland sharks can live for centuries, discover when Neanderthals and humans met, see the most volcanic world in our solar system, and more.

Anton van Helden, an expert on some of the world’s rarest whales, was sitting on the couch in July recovering from surgery, ...

Observations made of Jupiter’s moon Io during the Juno mission’s flybys helped astronomers confirm how and why Io became the most volcanic world in the solar system.

A male humpback has completed the longest recorded migration for a whale from South America to Africa. Scientists explain why ...

A mineral grain from a meteorite preserved evidence that water was present on Mars 4.45 billion years ago, and it may have ...

In 1987, killer whales in Puget Sound donned salmon “hats,” carrying dead fish on their heads. Now, a photo of an orca has ...

Mysteries surround the elusive Greenland shark, the longest-living vertebrate in the world. Researchers have new insight into the unique fish’s genetic makeup.

The Voyager 1 spacecraft is functioning normally again after the aging probe’s dwindling power supply triggered a ...

Fitzgerald says cyborg search and rescue beetles or cockroaches might be able to help in disaster situations by finding and ...

The discovery of Stone Age needles made from the bones of foxes, cats and other small carnivores reveal how prehistoric ...