A shark attack destroyed the front two flippers of a loggerhead sea turtle. Now, the turtle has received prosthetic limbs, allowing her to swim.
A teenage prodigy from Essex is giving Bill Gates and Albert Einstein a run for their money.
Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in order to restore federal protections for wolves.
Julia Pastrana, known as the ape woman, is finally being returned to her home country after 150 years.
Satellite data of the ozone sensor on Europe’s MetOp weather satellite, the hole over Antarctica in 2012 was the smallest in the last 10 years.
Folic acid may lower the risk of autism in newborns, according to new research.
A team of researchers from Colombia has discovered two new species of salamander while conducting the first amphibian census that was supported by the Conservation Leadership Programme and Save Our Species. The newly discovered salamanders that belong to the genus Bolitoglossa were spotted at the Ta...
Japanese scientists are surprised at the bizarre mating behavior of a sea slug. They are amused to see how a sea slug is able to detach its penis after copulation. Not only this, it can even re-grow and re-use its penis.
A recent study by NASA reveals that large parts of the dry Middle East region lost freshwater rapidly, almost the size of the Dead Sea, during the past decade. According to the researchers, nearly 60 percent of the loss is due to the growing demand of groundwater and the 2007 drought.
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has shrunken to its smallest size since being discovered decades ago, announced the European Space Agency.
Russians have got that one completely wrong. According to NASA, we can all, it seems, let out a collective sight of relieve.
A variety of scientific results were achieved thanks to now 5 years of experiments aboard the European Columbus laboratory module attached to the International Space Station. By now, 110 ESA-led experiments involving some 500 scientists have been conducted since 2008, spanning fluid physics, materia...
