US agency studies rare whale habitat expansion request

The U.S. government on Monday agreed to a request from environmental groups to study increasing critical…

UN projects world population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15

The United Nations estimated Monday that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15…

'Everywhere they dig': looters hunt Albanian antiques

Shards of ceramics litter the fields of an ancient city in southeastern Albania, where looters have…

Webb telescope reveals deepest image of early universe

Humanity’s view of the distant cosmos will never be the same. Click here for…

Study reveals benefits of hybrid working for disabled workers but some fear choice between health and career progression

Eighty-five percent of disabled workers in the UK say they are more productive working from home,…

Webb telescope to reveal earliest galaxies after Big Bang

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is poised to reveal some of the earliest galaxies that formed…

Entombed together: Rare fossil flower and parasitic wasp make for amber artwork

Oregon State University fossil research has revealed an exquisite merger of art and science: a long-stemmed…

US firefighters race to protect giant sequoias in Yosemite

Hundreds of firefighters scrambled Monday to prevent a wildfire engulfing an area of rare giant sequoia…

Getting the fossil record right on human evolution

Uncovering the evolution of any set of living creatures is a complex and highly detailed task…

NASA's Perseverance rover scouts Mars Sample Return Campaign landing sites

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is conducting its science campaign, taking samples at Jezero Crater’s ancient river…