In virtually every piece of land on Earth—from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 meters ...

Periodical cicadas spend either 13 or 17 years underground, feeding silently on tree roots in total darkness. No other insect on Earth has a developmental cycle this long. Then, within a narrow window ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by ...

Where tourists map end and the the fences begin, lie places that aren't marketed, photographed, or casually stumbled into, ...

Mosquitoes are biting humans more often as biodiversity loss leaves them with fewer animals to feed on, according to new ...

NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission is ending early to bring back a member with a medical issue. Astronauts who spend a long time ...

National Poetry Day Ambassador and acclaimed children’s author Simon Mole and musician and TikTok sensation Gecko are ...

When people think about habitats on Earth, they likely picture forests, oceans or grasslands. Few think to look up. Yet the lower atmosphere, or troposphere, may be the largest habitat on the planet.

The AMNH identifies 70 new species in 2025 after reviewing decades of collections, while their habitats disappear without ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

As a way to share these ideas, he and his wife Kerry founded the Big Web Institute. Through the institute they hope to ...

Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world ...