Humans caused a mass extinction event on the Pacific islands when they first arrived, wiping out hundreds of species of birds.
The most endangered wild cat on Earth, the Iberian lynx, could be preserved through an unusual method--castration.
The newly-created lightest material on earth, known as a graphene sponge, could help mop up oil spills.
Ephemeral vacuum particles may cause fluctuations in the speed of light, changing the way we look at physics.
Prettier great tits could have healthier offspring, according to a new study.
De-extinction may be a possibility for 24 different species; a conference discussed the potential for resurrecting animals that ranged from the woolly mammoth to the passenger pigeon.
New images reveal that the ever-present vortex on Venus is far more chaotic and unpredictable than previously thought.
Another sinkhole has opened up in the Florida town that saw a man swallowed by a similar pit just weeks earlier.
Nanowires may herald a new age of sustainable energy. They can harness far more solar power than previously thought, breaking the limits of solar cell efficiency.
Lockheed Martin's quantum computer could herald a new era of computing, speeding through problems millions of times more quickly than current systems.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged the most detailed view yet of the dark side of the moon.
A comet, not an asteroid, may have killed 70 percent of the world's species during the mass extinction that destroyed the dinosaurs.
