The tiny organisms can contaminate shellfish, deplete the amount of oxygen in water, sicken pets and irritate people’s skins, lungs and even nervous systems.
Bennu, a rugged, rock-spewing asteroid with a diameter of about one-third of a mile, is headed in our direction.
The field of dog cognition research has developed substantially in the past 20 years. Its next-level potential depends on a few things — including what we all decide it’s most useful to learn.
Most of the available research indicates that dogs do engage in behaviors of dominance and submission. But many dog researchers reject the premise that responsible ownership means showing them who’s boss.
The nursery of endangered fish would be the first known in U.S. Atlantic waters.
The award-winning documentary shows how the organisms can do everything from breaking down waste to providing food and blighting crops.
In addition to his Mars experiment, he developed an artificial sweetener and wastewater treatment technology.
People sprayed the 13-year-old orca with water until the tide came in and it could swim away.
Writer explains the archaeological art of finding food remnants on old objects, figuring out what’s contamination and what’s actually worth studying.
“It appears from witness accounts that he was looking to interact with the jaguar closer than he should have,” the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens' marketing director told the Florida Times-Union.
With restrictions lifting and schedules changing, both pets and humans are experiencing separation anxiety.
Experts are increasingly worried about low-oxygen waters off the coast of Washington and Oregon potentially becoming large "dead zones.”
A male snow leopard named Ramil is the latest animal to test positive for the coronavirus.
Some people are catching coronavirus after being vaccinated. Johns Hopkins University infectious disease expert Lisa Maragakis gives advice on how to stay safe.
His “electroweak” theory lies at the core of what physicists know as the Standard Model.
After conducting research on viruses, he led the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Md.
Three scientists spent eight days searching for such fossils to reconstruct the extinct creatures’ ecosystem. They hope their research could shed light on climate change, too.
- Perspective
If you want to stroll the shoreline this summer, know your rights.
Coral reefs face disaster from climate change if we don’t curb greenhouse gas emissions, report says
To save this underwater ecosystem, researchers argue, we’ll need to reduce global warming, improve local conditions and invest in restoration.
Infections among some immunized people "are to be expected, even when you have highly effective vaccines," one infectious-disease specialist said.
