R esearchers have recently discovered an impressive hydrothermal system in the western Pacific Ocean, and according to the ...

T he rarest whale in the world is the spade-toothed whale ( Mesoplodon traversii), with only seven confirmed specimens to ...

As the fish develops, one of their eyes will begin a slow migration from one side of its head to the other. Progress doesn’t ...

A new study has used an alternative method to work out how much Mercury has shrunk since its formation, finding that the ...

The availability of oxygen beyond Earth is a crucial factor for human exploration of space. We do need it to breathe after ...

The light from Earendel has traveled to us for 13 billion years. It could be the furthest star we have ever seen, but a new ...

The name comes from the Greek word for Sun, Helios. It was certainly an otherworldly element, not something with an obvious ...

What they saw revealed that the beetles roll their dung balls along straight paths under a starlit sky but lose this ability ...

The findings suggest the Sahara had an extra source of rain that kept part of it habitable until surprisingly recently.

If dark matter is less abundant but also larger, it could require a much more massive detector, such as a planet or a moon. In the new paper, William DeRocco, a Post-Doctoral Associate at the ...

D own beneath the ocean waves are all manner of secret surprises, from mysterious-looking new species to gentle seahorses floating in the current. One diver was lucky enough to capture a key moment as ...

G old has captivated humans for millennia, but it comes in many different forms out in the wild. Among the rarest and most ...