Flying snakes are able to undulate their bodies as they glide through the air, and those unique movements allow them to make such flights, scientists have found.

A new study warns that the strain of H1N1, common on China’s pig farms since 2016, should be “urgently” controlled to avoid another pandemic.

Mining strips nitrogen from the soil and means the forest struggles to grow back even after mines are abandoned. 

Beijing says Britain will ‘bear all consequences’ of helping fleeing Hongkongers

By looking inward, Narendra Modi is missing a huge opportunity

Archaeologists have for the first time found Aboriginal artefacts on the seabed off Australia, opening a door to the discovery of ancient settlements flooded since the last ice age, they reported Thursday. Hundreds of ancient stone tools made by Australia's…

The stretch of six genes seems to increase the risk of severe illness from the coronavirus.

Dinosaurs are thought of as giant creatures, but new work adds to evidence they started out small.

There are now more than a million nonnative animals belonging to 125 species on ranches across the state. Despite controversy, the industry continues to grow.

Although it seems obvious there would be a southern equivalent to the northern lights, the Aurora Australis might be the southern hemisphere’s best-kept secret.

Scientists have discovered the first direct evidence of the so-called Gulf Stream “blender effect” where the waters mix on either side of the current.

Making precise changes to the genomes of mitochondria within our cells could lead to treatments for disorders that can result in muscle weakness or even death in early childhood

Mussels in the lakes, themselves invasive species, may not be able to outcompete Asian carp for food, as previously thought

Plummeting Chinese demand for a US education will undermine American soft power

The unique nature of the new particle could help us understand other, more complex mechanisms in physics that are not within our reach today.

Lemurs, North Atlantic whales and a rare fungus are also new additions to the IUCN's Red List.

But it will fill in the gaps, rather than dominating the economy

Thinking that we might is an example of what psychologists call “anchoring bias”

Habitat untouched by the fires, which were five times as large as those in the Amazon last year, is critical for their survival, report finds

By century’s end, polar bears worldwide could become nearly extinct as a result of shrinking sea ice in the Arctic if climate change continues unabated, scientists said.