Whales are mighty. Blue whales, for example, aren’t only the largest animal on Earth, but as far as we know, they’re the ...

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures ...

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BepiColombo is slowly uncovering more and more fun facts about Mercury as it continues its preliminary mission. One of the ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

About 700 million years ago, Earth was entombed in a veneer of ice hundreds of feet thick—a frozen state scientists refer to as “Snowball Earth.” Oceans cooled but managed to retain some heat to avoid ...

See tigers in India, king penguins on South Georgia Island, and black bears in Wyoming.

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

Every year, gray whales embark on one of nature’s most epic migration journeys. Here’s what we know about it, according to ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

A humorous look at British high street coffee shop culture, supermarket meal deals, Costa Coffee, and the quirky realities of ...