Charles Darwin is famous for proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection, but how much more do you know about the British naturalist? When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The first-ever wooden satellite, called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo ...

For 188 years, the king cobra has been represented by a single species, Ophiophagus hannah. But this widely distributed species shows huge differences in body coloration and other physical ...

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Scientists have finally figured out why dogs do this shake. According to new research, the "wet dog shake" is the fault of a receptor in mammal skin called C-LTMR. And it causes furry animals of all ...

Pando is a giant aspen clone in central Utah that has been regrowing parts of itself for up to 80,000 years — but new threats ...

Incredibly well preserved dinosaurs at China fossil site were thought to have been buried in huge volcanic eruptions, similar to the Mount Vesuvius that covered the city of Pompeii 2,000 years ago.

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently ...

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Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new research shows.

A ghostly white angular roughshark found near Sazan Island, Albania, is the first example of leucism ever recorded in the species.

A scathing new report points to unclear protocols and multiple failures to raise alarms at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto ...