Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists discovered after observing the ...

The discovery of an impeccably preserved Celtic burial chamber in southern Germany is a "stroke of luck for archaeology," ...

The first U.S. newspaper printed on paper made from trees was an edition of the Boston Weekly Journal published in January ...

Scientists may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but ...

The year's fourth and final supermoon shines next to the spectacular 'Seven Sisters' stars this week. Here's how to see ...

A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of ...

New superconducting material could pave the way for the next stage in quantum computing by behaving as qubits in a more powerful system, scientists have proposed.

A newfound rock-shelter in Tajikistan has artifacts created by ancient humans spanning 130,000 years. Along a stream in ...

Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to archaeologists, a fortune teller would carve a question into the bone with ...

The idea ostriches bury their heads when they feel threatened is thought have come from Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder ...