Dead zones may be coming to the coast. A team of researchers have discovered areas with extremely low levels of oxygen in the tropical North Atlantic, only a few hundred kilometers off the coast of West Africa.
A new study may reveal an unprecedented surge in biodiversity that occurred 20 million years ago.
The queen bee in any colony has an important job: breeding. But how does this insect avoid inbreeding in her colony?
A new fossil is revealing a bit more about the family tree of the sperm whale, a species made famous by the novel, Moby Dick.
There may be a link between abrupt temperature changes in Greenland and Antarctica during the last ice age.
Climate change may be responsible for the abrupt collapse of a civilization on the fringes of the Tibetan Plateau around 2000 BC.
Following Saturday's magnitude-7.8 earthquake, scientists have announced that Nepal's high country may risk landslides and mudslides in the following weeks.
A new study is providing researches with new information that may help target control efforts of the invasive Burmese python.
Antarctica may not be as barren as we thought, which could mean there's hope for finding life on other, seemingly-inhospitable planets.
Hot vents on the seafloor may have spontaneously produced the organic molecules needed for life.
Dandelions are everywhere; they pop up from the ground, taking over entire suburban lawns. But did you know that dandelions can produce rubber?
A new study reveals that parrotfish may be critical to coral reef island building. The findings are important to note as fishing practices are put in place.