A strange atmospheric pattern known as an "omega block" is preventing the usual eastward progression of weather across the ...

Asian needle ants found in the southeastern states of the U.S. have been spreading north and west for years, but experts now ...

Researchers exploring the underwater wreck of an American aircraft carrier have discovered what's left of a wood-panelled ...

Very little is known about Powelliphanta augusta, an elusive snail species threatened with extinction. The new footage is the ...

Archaeologists can estimate a person's sex with 95% accuracy, but many experts are focused on what can be learned about ...

All that you've heard about the Vikings may not be true.

A mysterious cluster of 60 stars may be just another Milky Way star cluster, or it may be one of the smallest galaxies ever ...

A report into April's deadly flooding has found that climate change made the central Mississippi River valley's extreme weather event more likely and more intense.

A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us need around eight hours. Researchers described the SIK3-N783Y mutation in ...

Scientists have discovered a way to use live tissue as a computational reservoir to solve problems and potentially predict ...