WASHINGTON- Scientists on Thursday provided the first look at the "gentle giant" lurking at the center of our Milky Way galaxy - an...
WASHINGTON- Scientists on Thursday provided the first look at the "gentle giant" lurking at the center of our Milky Way galaxy - an...
WASHINGTON: Scientists are set to announce on Thursday what they call a "groundbreaking" Milky Way discovery in what could be the release of...
A team of marine biologists have welcomed the discovery of an endangered giant freshwater stingray during a recent expedition to a remote stretch...
BEIJING: Hydrated minerals discovered by China's robotic rover on Mars in a vast basin believed to be the site of an ancient ocean...
ALQUEVA, Portugal: Two tugboats have moved a vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four soccer pitches, to their mooring on...
The emperor penguin, which roams Antarctica's frozen tundra and chilly seas, is at severe risk of extinction in the next 30 to 40...
SAO PAULO: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon surged to record levels for the month of April, nearly doubling the area of forest removed in...
MATANZAS, Cuba: A small group of Cuban dive instructors, working on a shoe-string budget and with flotsam salvaged from the beach, have launched...
LWIRO, Democratic Republic of Congo: A young chimpanzee wrapped his arms around the neck of his rescuer in a brief hug as he...
Fossils from some of the largest creatures ever to swim Earth's oceans - whale-sized marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs - have been found in...
WASHINGTON- Even the king cobra is "vulnerable.” More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a...
GENEVA: A U.N. report on Tuesday called for urgent action to avert a "sand crisis," including a ban on beach extraction as demand...
Europeans endured the hottest summer on record last year, with wildfires, floods and intense heatwaves hitting the continent, according to a report by...
BELLINGHAM, Wash.: The San Francisco Bay will soon have a new fossil fuel-free ferry floating in its waters, propelled completely by hydrogen fuel...
WASHINGTON: Astronomers have detected a previously unknown type of stellar explosion called a micronova involving thermonuclear blasts at the polar regions of a...
Prevessin, France: Scientists at Europe's physics research centre will this week fire up the 27 kilometer-long Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the machine that...
WASHINGTON: The uncanny resemblance between features on Europa's frozen surface and a landform in Greenland that sits atop a sizable pocket of water...
TUNIS: Tunisian authorities intensified efforts on Saturday to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant fuel ship carrying one thousand tons of fuel...
