SCIENCE

It's an attempt by the actor to raise awareness about the threats that mining presents to biodiversity in Central and South America.

Maintaining a healthy weight is crucial for dogs to live long lives, experts told The Washington Post.

Insects that play a key role in East Asia's ecosystems declined sharply over the past two decades, according to new research — a trend also seen elsewhere.

Thousands of years after floods washed a species of fish into dark Mexican caves, genetic changes reset their metabolism to suit their new sedentary lifestyle.

An 11-year study in the United Kingdom suggests that long-term exposure to even low levels of pollution is linked to anxiety and other mental health issues.

Scientists are unraveling the secrets of mummification – including the intriguing discovery that the practice may have been dependent on a global supply chain.

A mesmerizing blue “flying spiral” was captured Jan. 18 by a National Astronomical Observatory of Japan camera at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

Bobbi Wilson, 9, drew national attention when a neighbor called police on her while she was spraying spotted lanternflies in her New Jersey neighborhood.

NASA’s Mars reconnaissance orbiter camera captured an unusual formation that looked like the shape of a bear’s face.

Local fishers and bottlenose dolphins have long worked together to catch mullets, a silvery fish. But climate change and commercial fishing may end the practice.

Video shows bottlenose dolphins herding mullet fish toward the coast and performing a behavioral cue in front of net-casting fishers in Laguna, Brazil.

A mesmerizing blue “flying spiral” was captured Jan. 18 by a National Astronomical Observatory of Japan camera at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

In a paper, materials sustainability experts write that while zero-emission steel is within reach, it may require producing less steel overall.

A description of planetary activity in February.

Its inventors hope the tiny metal robot, which is being compared to the Terminator, could be used in medical operations or for fixing electronics.

The truck-sized asteroid will pass Earth on Jan. 26, in what NASA says will be one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object on record.

In Coon Rapids, Minn., Rachael Gross said a wild turkey has placed her and her neighbors’ lives in turmoil.

A new study on the insects' refined sense of smell points to the potential of someday using sharp-nosed ants and other animals to detect tumors quickly and cheaply.