In the early 1990s, eight people tried to survive in a hermetically sealed glass structure filled with miniature forests, ...

Meanwhile, as urbanization accelerates, cities are hotter than their surrounding rural areas. This phenomenon is known as the ...

The U.S. military is suspending its efforts to secure a small Pacific island as the test landing site for a new program using ...

Scientists found forests need one to two centuries to adapt to climate changes, far slower than current global warming.

Meghalaya’s Sohra, considered the wettest place on earth, this June received barely one-third of the rainfall it recorded in the same month last year, deepening concerns over the impact of climate ...

Greenland sharks live for centuries with slow heartbeats and metabolism. Scientists study their longevity secrets.

Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging ...

Meghalaya’s Sohra, considered the wettest place on earth, this June received barely one-third of the rainfall it recorded in the same month last year, deepening concerns over the impact of climate ...

The biggest of all the birds on Earth, both in size and weight, is undoubtedly the ostrich. These behemoth birds grow up to 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and can weigh up to 287 pounds (130 kg), according ...

The thing most people know about lemmings – their tendency to follow each other off a cliff – is not actually true (more on ...

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

Officials in Alabama say they euthanized a feral swarm of Africanized honeybees, also known as "killer bees," and precautions ...