W avy Dave the robot crustacean has been showing scientists how male fiddler crabs respond when they see a fellow crab waving. Famous for their enormous claws, the team made Wavy Dave blend in by ...

T he oldest government computer still in operation today is over 25 billion kilometers from Earth, and despite ...

This is a lot for lovers of the night sky; there is only one little caveat. The six-planet alignment is happening before dawn ...

T he largest wildfire currently burning in the US is sweeping through Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, scorching more ...

However, those who claim to have seen Nessie rarely report hoops or even humps. In fact, only 1.5 percent of Nessie reports ...

The miniature “Hobbit” humans of Flores Island may have come from the nearby island of Sulawesi, where researchers have ...

If you were to go strolling at night in the right part of New Zealand, you just might be blessed by a visit from one of nature’s most delectable-looking gastropods: the pickle s ...

Okay, “penis worm” is underselling it. In fact, the Grand Canyon was something of a treasure trove of well-preserved fossils, with the team uncovering more than 1,500 Cambrian-era worms, crustaceans, ...

A study has suggested that this motion of our star through the galaxy potentially takes us through regions of space that could affect our planet's climate. According to the study, the Solar System may ...

A mid its towering ice sheets, Antarctica conceals a fiery secret, a landscape dotted with volcanoes. Most remain dormant, ...

It’s common for areas of open water to appear within sea ice, to the extent that the phenomenon has a name: a polynya.

T he Wizard of Oz got a hat tip from scientists poking around in an ancient and underwater volcano chain in the Pacific Ocean, as they discovered what looked like a “yellow brick road”. The natural ...