Greenery is sprouting from scorched tree trunks as the forests regrow their canopies

Tour world-class museums, read historic cookbooks, browse interactive maps and more

A new theory suggests the hot, harsh planet’s interior could have contained volatiles like water

A sweeping new study of 101 mammal species found that females live, on average, 18.6 percent longer than their male counterparts

The pint-sized, mustachioed Gaul immortalized in the French cartoon has spawned films, a theme park and many other spin-offs

With no new infections reported in Hubei province in recent days, restrictions are easing up—but experts worry about possible 'second wave' of cases

A rare cache of aquatic animal remains suggests that like early humans, Neanderthals were exploiting marine resources

Hailing from all over Australia, the spiders were identified by a scientist who used to fear them

The Internet Archive describes the downloadable collection of more than one million books as a library, but critics call it piracy

The new wound further diminishes Earth’s protective shield against damaging solar radiation

Angry historians say the stretch of concrete was one of the largest remaining sections of the inner wall

Geoscientists noticed the normal rumbles of human activity picked up by their instruments have died down as much of the world ground to a halt

Audible's new service is aimed at school-age children participating in distance learning but features selections likely to appeal to all

A treasure trove of new fossils unearthed in Australia reveals some raunchily-positioned bugs

Researchers found that almost half of the mountain lions they tested showed signs of plague infection

Starved of resources, these hardy bacteria still eke out a living, suggesting life forms could survive in the harsh habitats on other planets

Select Andrew Lloyd Webber productions will stream on YouTube for 48 hours at a time

Researchers shared a video of this massive siphonophore, one of the longest of its kind ever recorded

In the wild, only about one in 20 caterpillars grows up to be a butterfly

Biologist Tagide deCarvalho created this award-winning image of the tardigrade using fluorescent stains

New scans suggest unhatched dinosaurs reabsorbed a set of teeth during development

The children's book author and illustrator purchased the repurposed World War II vessel in 1967

Sourdough librarian Karl De Smedt has traveled the world to gather more than 120 jars of starters

The nine classes span contemporary art, fashion and photography

From shy to bold with shades in between, dolphin personalities are surprisingly similar to ours

These dairy products are no longer edible, but they're still valuable to researchers

Some 50 artists around the Prenzlauer Berg district displayed works of art for passersby to enjoy

Blossoms contort and twist back into optimal pollination position after getting bumped and battered

'The break in the scientific record is probably unprecedented,' one ecologist says

The computer program can identify canine versus human feces based on DNA sequences in samples

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Researchers tracked changes in the crocodilian creatures’ inner ears to learn how they moved into the sea

The researchers gathered data from 166 surveys of insect abundance around the world, mostly conducted since the 1980s

A citizen science project aims to chart the microbial diversity present in starters all over the world

A rare bloom of microscopic organisms capable of making their own blue light has transformed several of the state’s beaches

By building a new broch, the project aims to better understand how and why the original structures were constructed

New study extends previous results limited to just two islands to 188 species of lizard across Caribbean as well as Central and South America

Currently in the works, the new monument will honor her contributions and legacy with a contemplative space

The opossum-sized mammal lived in Madagascar at the end of the age of the dinosaurs

The London institution's online offerings include 280,000 newly added Creative Commons images

The rock crash-landed in the Sahara Desert after a presumed collision chipped it off the lunar surface

The rankings stay much the same from year to year, but in 2019, Pembroke Welsh corgis broke the top ten for the first time

An unfortunate diet of pizza grease and sand clogged her innards, amassing a giant and unpassable lump of feces in her gut

The freedom fighter may have once used the structure to conspire against English forces

The specimen may be the earliest known example of a squid-like creature on the attack

This Sunday, celebrate the moms of the animal kingdom with kittens, polar bear cubs, eaglets and more

The actor is one of 17 celebrities slated to participate in newly announced read-alongs of the series' first book

Pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis Jr., trumpeter Wallace Roney, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli succumbed to complications caused by the novel coronavirus

Airing on the aquarium's Twitch channel at 4 p.m. EST today, the two-hour session will focus on the video game's diverse insect population