Global biodiversity losses are on the rise and now, scientists have taken a closer look at how to halt this continued decline.
It turns out that the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin may just be losing its water from underground resources.
A team of archaeologists have unearthed several Earlier Stone Age artifacts, from a site in Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
The rapid decline of animals is contributing to what appears as the early days of the planet's sixth mass extinction event, a new study reveals.
Researchers have unearthed what may be the first example of plant-eating dinosaur with feathers and scales, indicating that all dinosaurs had feathers.
It turns out that ancestral exposure to pesticides may just cause adult onset kidney disease, ovarian disease and obesity in future generations.
Could our world be heading toward a "tipping point" when it comes to climate change? Scientists have taken a closer look at the geologic past in order to understand the mechanisms of abrupt climate change that could potentially lead to runaway global warming.
Researchers have found exactly how honeybees manage to keep their cool in a new study.
A genetic analysis of Antarctic fur seals in addition to decades of monitoring has shown that these seals have significantly changed due to shifts in food availability associated with climate conditions.
Scientists have taken a closer look at how smart crows actually are and have found that they just may be smarter than a four-year-old human.
Like humans, dogs also express jealousy when their owners spend more time with other dogs, a new study reveals.
Scientists have examined the survival rates of 12 shark species when captured as unintentional bycatch in commercial longline fishing and have found that some sharks may be more at risk than once thought.