Genomic analysis may help efforts to save this endangered marsupial. A transmissible cancer in the Tasmanian devil has evolved over the past two decades, with some...
The 10 billion-year-old fossil was named Heracles after the Greek Hero who was made immortal when the Milky Way was born.
US pollution regulations meant to protect humans from dirty air are also saving birds. So concludes a new continentwide study published today in The Proceedings...
An international team of astronomers using Gemini North's GNIRS instrument have discovered that CK Vulpeculae, first seen as a bright new star in 1670, is approximately...
Pictures showing channels and wave characteristics on the Martian surface have shown that the planet has encountered devastating floods in
We rely on water to quench our thirst and to irrigate bountiful farmland. But what do you do when that once pristine water is polluted with...
A joint U.S.-European satellite, built to monitor global sea levels, lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base just after 9...
A well-known leaf-cutting ant grows its own body armour using biominerals, a protective power previously unknown in the insect world, scientists have discovered...
Scientists engineer new material to help craft nimble, multipurpose machines
Researchers said that it was a green meteor The incident took place on Wednesday night, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Australia's Tasmanian coast, where...