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For the first time in the 100-year history of Potter Park Zoo, a rare black rhino calf was born at the zoo on Christmas Eve.

The sweet moment a baby orangutan that had been separated from its mother gets rescued in a remote village was captured in several photos.

NASA released a gorgeous image of the Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco on Thursday that uses infrared bands to depict different rocks and show complex folding.

Space is not on fire, but you can't be blamed for thinking it might be after a look at this "burning" cloud.

Swiss scientists have determined that a cord found next to the body of a Neolithic hunter was a bowstring.

Just before Christmas, a hidden Nativity scene has been discovered after being tucked away under another painting for centuries.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir marked the first night of the eight-day holiday Sunday by tweeting an image of her festive socks from the International Space Station.

Newborn polar bears are able to survive the bone-chilling Arctic winter -- where temperatures can fall to negative 30 degrees Celsius or lower -- by seeking warmth in their mothers' dens. However, new research claims that if current trends continue, cubs along Alaska's northern coast might perish outside instead.

NASA released a gorgeous close-up image of a distant spiral galaxy.

A so-called all-male "holy mountain" in northern Greece has hosted Christian monasteries for nearly 2,000 years, with women strictly prohibited. But one woman may have somehow found a home there — at least in death. 

Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft landed in the New Mexico desert on Sunday morning — days after the NASA mission failed because the capsule's clock was improperly set, and the capsule ended up in the wrong orbit.

The Earth's inner core is hot and pressurized, so the idea that it could contain snow seems far-fetched.

Crocodiles can do what?

A gigantic asteroid will zip past Earth just after Christmas, NASA reports.

Boeing's new Starliner capsule failed its initial flight, running off course just a few minutes after it rocketed off Friday morning, running into trouble. 

Astronomers have discovered a number of “super-puff” exoplanets in the Kepler 51 star system that are as dense as cotton candy.

Skeletons have been discovered beneath a historic house in Connecticut that may be the remains of Revolutionary War soldiers.

SAN FRANCISCO — Rocks that seem to propel themselves across desert landscapes have long mystified and intrigued scientists. Now, researchers have identified tracks of these so-called sailing stones dating back about 200 million years, in a rocky slab long prized for the five early dinosaur footprints it preserved. 

Scientists have seen Chimpanzees creating "music" -- that includes hooting and throwing rocks at trees -- but then walking away.

Fossilized trees dating back 386 million years have been disovered at an abandoned quarry in New York.