Nick Royal’s image of a male blue ground beetle ( Carabus intricatus) took the Best in Category for 'Research in Action'.

This is known as gravitational lensing. The Cosmic Grapes were made 100 times brighter and larger than they would otherwise ...

A species’ common name can often be misleading. Koala bears aren’t bears, starfish aren’t fish, and the mountain chicken is ...

Parasite cleanses are typically based on the idea that someone has an intestinal parasite infection – so worms or protozoa ...

In May 1883, Krakatoa awoke and started to rumble with volcanic activity, culminating in an intense eruption on August 27. It ...

Back in California, the San Andreas Fault is remarkably similar to the Sagaing Fault. Both are straight strike-slip faults, ...

Solids and liquids turning to gas can create surprising motion, and in the California desert, moving rocks proved that melting ice could do it too.

C ommissioners of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have decided to allow black bear hunting for ...

To complicate the matter, no human remains were found in the sediment layer that contained the arrowheads, although the ...

There’s no point convincing people of the safety of a vaccine if they don’t even know what it protects against.

Antarctica has no native population or permanent residents, but it does have a transitory community of scientists and support ...

Lamb on the lam? Butterflies butterfleeing? Meet some of the zoo animals who made a break for the wild.