Rescuers 'optimistic' for surviving stranded whales in Australia

More than 50 pilot whales died after stranding themselves on a beach in Western Australia, but…

Advanced imaging technology helps monitor baby corals on Great Barrier Reef

Keeping a watchful eye on newly settled corals at submillimeter scale on the Great Barrier Reef…

Egg 'signatures' allow drongos to identify cuckoo 'forgeries' almost every time, study finds

African cuckoos may have met their match with the fork-tailed drongo, which scientists predict can detect…

Designing detectors for DUNE

The most abundant, massive particles in the universe may be ones you’ve never even heard of:…

Mars: Was Olympus Mons once a giant volcanic island?

Imagine a volcanic island about the size of France and over 20,000 meters high. Such a…

Algeria battles wildfires that have killed 34

Algerian firefighters on Tuesday battled blazes that have killed 34 people across the tinder-dry north, destroyed…

Scientists develop tool to predict dam removal costs by analyzing 55 years of past removals

Scientists have analyzed more than 650 dam removal projects over 55 years in the United States…

Florida ocean temperature topped 100F, setting potential record

Shallow waters off south Florida topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C) for several hours on Monday, potentially…

Silver fly takes flight in the fight to save Fall Creek hemlocks

Researchers are hoping a fly no larger than a grain of rice and a predatory beetle…

NASA power outage temporarily halts contact with space station

A NASA power outage disrupted communication between Mission Control and the International Space Station on Tuesday. …