Study aims to discover whether gut microbes play a part in development of the condition

You may have heard the news of what sounds like a resurrection story on the small island of Aldabra, off the coast of Madagascar. Around 136,000 years ago, the island was submerged in water and a layer of limestone captured the rails—a species of flightless bird—living there. The birds (and all other land species living on the island) went extinct. Recently, though, scientists reported that the bones of these fossilized rails are virtually indistinguishable from rails living on the island to...

Paleobotanist Scott Wing stands in wintry Wyoming badlands, where alligators swam 56 million years ago.

Changes in plankton populations over the past centuries correlate with rising sea temperatures

A retired naval officer dove in a submarine nearly 36,000ft into the deepest place on Earth, only to find what appears to be plastic

A new Li-ion battery technology developed by the US Army has piqued the interest of Jeff Dahn, Tesla’s main battery research partner.

France produces more nuclear waste per-capita than any other country, and the industry is already excited about the potential of the project.

Air pollution is much worse for health than people had thought, increasing the risk of Alzheimer's significantly. Meanwhile, air quality is getting worse.

Fire chaser beetles' ability to sense heat borders on the spooky

Bees are some of the hardest working creatures on the planet, and because of their laborious work ethic, we owe many thanks to this amazing yet often under appreciated insect. Our lives – and the world as a whole – would be a much different place if bees didn’t exist. Amit Godse, founder of Bee Basket, has taken it upon himself to save the world by saving these bees. Amit slowly became well-known in Pune as the Bee Man. This is his story!

A small town, a chemical plant and the residents’ desperate fight for clean air

Up to 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — according to scientists and researchers who produced a sweeping U.N. report on how humanity's burgeoning growth is putting the world's biodiversity at perilous risk.

Beneath the island’s rainforest, explorers search for new discoveries deep within some of the Earth’s largest, longest, and wildest caves.

In sophisticated night heists, thieves are stealing thousands of bees. Why?

Environmentalist John Francis took a vow of silence because he worried that he’d stopped listening to people. In doing so, it deepened his understanding of the world around him.

Permafrost in some areas of the Canadian Arctic is thawing so fast that it's gulping up the equipment left there to study it.

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Fisherman in Norway raised alarm after white beluga whale sporting unusual strapping began harassing their boats

An asteroid slammed down and did away with all the dinosaurs, paving the way for such developments as the human race, capitalism, and posting on the internet: it’s the story we all know and love. Yet if things had shaken out differently—if the asteroid had stayed in its place, and the dinosaurs allowed to proceed with their business—what would things have looked like?

It's not clear when this will happen, or where the new capital will be located. The idea has been out there for decades, though previous leaders have been unable to accomplish the ambitious plan.

The Whanganui River in New Zealand is a legal person. A nearby forest is too. Soon, the government will grant a mountain legal personhood as well. Here's how it happened, and what it may mean.

These plastics can easily be disassembled to chemical building blocks.