Diversity

A bison approaches a walkway full of visitors in Yellowstone National Park. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)Three people have been…

From Earth’s tallest living plants, California’s redwoods, to the planet’s largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon, stately forests may seem timeless. But like…

A Listeria outbreak has sickened 23 people in the U.S., resulting in 22 hospitalizations and one death, the Centers for Disease Control…

A sungazing spacecraft captured the moon passing in front of the face of the sun Wednesday (June 29).NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (opens…

It’s raining fish in San Francisco, and  locals are finding anchovies in unlikely places around the Bay Area, including sidewalks, driveways, rooftops…

Octopuses are brainy creatures with sophisticated smarts, and now scientists have uncovered a clue that may partly explain the cephalopods’ remarkable intelligence:…

A close-up image of one of the new crystals taken using an electron microscope. (Image credit: Taskaev et al.) (opens in new…

Scientists discovered the “fingerprints” of mysterious viruses hidden in an ancient group of microbes that may have helped fuel the rise of…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday (June 30) severely limited the federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, in a 6-3…