Migrating birds are able to correct their navigation using the Earth’s magnetic field – even in places they have never been, new research has shown.
A 250-mile wide object lurking at the edge of our solar system, 132 times further from the sun than Earth is the most distant object found...
Around 66 million years ago a hurtling object tens of miles wide smashed into our planet, wiping out three-quarters of plant and animal species on Earth.
Scientists surprised by marine organisms on boulder on sea floor beneath 900 metres of ice shelf
Every year, billions of songbirds migrate thousands of miles between Europe and Africa—and then repeat that same journey again, year after year, to nest in exactly...
Researchers around the world are searching for new synthetic materials with special properties like superconductivity—that is, the conduction of electric current...
With all the excitement surrounding what is quickly becoming like a traffic jam in Mars's orbit, you may have forgotten about the cool things going on...
A new study examines feathers across 249 species of Himalayan songbirds, finding that birds at higher elevations have more of fluffy down than lower elevation birds....
Study of Himalayan songbirds in museum collections is first step toward using feathers to predict the effects of climate change for birds in extreme environments. Feathers...
Himalayan songbirds in colder, more elevated environments have feathers with more fluffy down.