Science

Insect and spider populations are falling dramatically across the globe, spurring concern throughout the scientific community, and a new study suggests that the decline may be happening more quickly and extensively than previously suspected.

In recent decades, scientists have consistently warned that humanity was headed full-speed toward an antibiotic-resistant future. A new report from the CDC says that future is already here.

The most distant world ever explored 4 billion miles away finally has an official name: Arrokoth.   NASA said Tuesday that means "sky" in the language of the Native American Powhatan people.

Raising the physical activity levels of adults worldwide by a nominal amount could raise the global economy by as much as $446 billion USD by 2050, according to a new analysis from RAND Europe.

It’s not every day that you receive bear hugs while at work, unless it’s your job to take care of pandas.

Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia's east coast.

Narcissism — one of the three malevolent personality traits which comprise the “dark triad” in psychology — may actually have certain protective benefits against stress and mood disorders, such as depression.

The three African-American women whose stories were shared in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures” will be awarded Congressional Gold Medals.

Earthlings get treated to just 13 or 14 Mercury transits a century.

Astronomers and sky watchers will be ready for a rare celestial event taking place Monday, November 11th. That's when Mercury, our innermost planet, passes directly between Earth and the sun.  

NASA scientists said elevated greenhouse gas levels are responsible for the increased dryness, as well as the burning of forests to clear land for agriculture and grazing.

A woman who reportedly climbed over a safety barrier at the Bronx Zoo lion exhibit has been arrested.

A team of scientists discovered a new strain of HIV for the first time in 19 years and published the findings Wednesday.

A committee of advisers delivered a set of recommendations to the Trump administration last month that they claim will revitalize America’s national parks and make a dent in the $11.9 billion maintenance backlog faced by the National Park Service.

As NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover continues to venture along the vast landscape of the red planet, a series of unsettling photographs was recently sent back to Earth, capturing a truly eerie and lonely landscape. 

A seaweed-based drug that could treat early forms of Alzheimer’s disease was approved by Chinese authorities.

An Indiana woman was found dead Wednesday night with an 8-foot python coiled around her neck inside what police described as a “reptile home” filled with 140 snakes.

Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia's east coast.

NASA said the image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and is the result of a head-on collision between two galaxies.