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The turquoise waters became darker and darker, and squiggly glow-in-dark marine creatures began to glide past in the inky depths like ghosts.

A giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands who is more than 100 years old has been credited with saving his species from extinction.

Scientists have solved the mystery of the red patch on Pluto’s moon Charon, and discovered that the culprit was actually the dwarf planet itself.

A newly discovered species of bee does things the hard way, gnawing its nests out of solid rock even when softer dirt is available.

A vast map of the cosmos has been published by the European Space Agency, showing over one billion stars in the Milky Way and beyond.

A Holocaust heroine’s last will and testament has been unearthed in church archives in Scotland, offering a glimpse into the incredible life of Jane Haining, who died in Auschwitz in 1944.

About 100 years ago, one of the founders of modern linguistics, Ferdinand de Saussure, wrote that the relationship between the sounds we make and the concepts they signify are arbitrary.

A remarkable Roman coin made of gold and featuring the image of Nero has been discovered in Jerusalem, archaeologists announced on Tuesday.

A spectacular new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows bright-blue wisps of glowing gas and hot, sparkling, young stars within a satellite dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

Some monkeys can contract Zika virus in the womb and show signs of brain damage similar to those seen in human babies, according to a new study

The U.S. government is coming under fire from animal rights activists amid concerns that almost 45,000 wild horses could be euthanized in an attempt to control their numbers.

Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos announced Tuesday a massive new reusable rocket family in development for his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.

The U.S. government is coming under fire from animal rights activists amid concerns that almost 45,000 wild horses could be euthanized in an attempt to control their numbers.

Five scientists participating in an expedition on Russia’s Troynoy island have reported back to headquarters with some unbearable news.

DNA testing has been the forensic scientist's workhorse for identification purposes, but it comes with major issues, reports the Los Angeles Times, and scientists now say they've got a possible substitute: hair proteins.

As one of Russia's northernmost rivers turned a bloodlike red last week, plenty of fingers were pointed at the nearby Norilsk Nickel factory.

The second of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic nearly 170 years ago during a storied expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage has been found.

When it comes to giraffes, can you spot the difference? A new study reveals there's more to the animals' species diversity than once suspected

A remarkable mosaic unearthed during the excavation of an ancient synagogue in northern Israel may portray Alexander the Great.

This August was the warmest on record globally, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies announced on Monday.