A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu virus within the country. Health officials are now working ...

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it happened.

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

The Leonid meteor shower peaks in North America overnight from Nov. 17 to 18, with fast-moving fireballs possible in US skies.

Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

The discovery of an impeccably preserved Celtic burial chamber in southern Germany is a "stroke of luck for archaeology," ...

Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists discovered after observing the ...

The first U.S. newspaper printed on paper made from trees was an edition of the Boston Weekly Journal published in January ...

Scientists may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but ...

New superconducting material could pave the way for the next stage in quantum computing by behaving as qubits in a more powerful system, scientists have proposed.

The year's fourth and final supermoon shines next to the spectacular 'Seven Sisters' stars this week. Here's how to see ...

A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of ...