Many different countries have long rivers, and the U.S. is no exception, but that river is more complicated and unique than ...

How Ukrainian polar researchers live and work in Antarctica, what threats emerge at the “edge” of the world, what is ...

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.

Scientists have identified a brand-new species of worm living in the Great Salt Lake, marking only the third known animal ...

Doesn’t it feel otherworldly out here?” says Colleen Durkin from the lower deck of the Rachel Carson as it glides out from ...

Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most elegant solutions to life in extreme environments. Here’s how ...

Bison carry seed across thousands of miles when they eat the grass, and then they move the seed up to other parts of the ...

During these waves of mass extinction, most vertebrate survivors were confined to refugia, or isolated biodiversity hotspots ...

Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

Enterococcus bacteria was found at Lynn Hall Memorial Park on Fort Myers Beach on Jan. 7, according to the Florida Department ...

About 445 million years ago, Earth nearly wiped out life in the oceans. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...