He likes to be, under the sea: Florida man sets record for living underwater

A university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization this weekend…

Flooding in Somalia displaces 200,000 people: official

Around 200,000 people have been displaced due to flash flooding in central Somalia, a regional official…

Birdwatchers' hearts flutter for Global Big Day

With excitement in their voices, six birdwatchers raise binoculars and scan the treetops in a private…

Six lions killed by herders in Kenya

Six lions were killed on Saturday by Kenyan herders after the pride attacked 11 goats and…

Powerful Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar, tearing off roofs and killing at least 3

Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful…

One killed as tornado hits south Texas near the Gulf coast, damaging dozens of homes

One person was killed and a curfew was imposed after a powerful tornado tore through a…

How fast is the universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions

How did we get here? Where are we going? And how long will it take? These…

Flip-flopping magnetic fields hint at a solution for puzzling fast radio bursts from space

Fast radio bursts—intense, milliseconds-long flashes of radio energy from outer space—have puzzled astronomers since they were…

Polarized optical emission from tidal disruption found to be caused by colliding streams of material from a star

A team of space scientists from Finland, Greece and the U.S. has found evidence showing that…

Astronomers puzzled by 'largest' ever cosmic explosion

Astronomers said on Friday they have identified the “largest” cosmic explosion ever observed, a fireball 100…