A study of why whale populations declined can inform conservation strategies for sharks.
They can double the size of their heart.
The rock inscriptions were found by the Yale archaeological mission in Egypt.
Tributes pour in for astronomer responsible for segmented mirror telescope technology.
Evidence of a new planet orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune, in the Kuiper belt.
'It was quite badly injured and barely alive when I caught it', James Taylor wrote.
Colonies of mysterious sea creature have suddenly appeared in vast numbers along north west Pacific coast.
Neil deGrasse Tyson also criticised for failing to condemn comment during Q&A panel in Norway.
The galaxy stopped forming stars a few billion years after the big bang.
According to the photographer, the spindly insect then dropped the bird before preparing to go after fresher prey.
Nebiri was known as the Chief of Stables during the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III.
Technologies to divert asteroids have yet to be tested.
A fake toe could tell you a lot about how someone lived.
The star had first been classified as a faint helium-rich 'hot subdwarf'.
Mountain lions were comfortable with croaking frogs, but they would flee at the voice of a human.
Animal rights groups say that the hunting method, known locally as 'Grindarap', must end.
The remains of a dozen individuals, including a foetus, were found inside the tomb.
Life on Earth may not be enough for the long run. Here's what we need to do to colonise Mars.
More than 1,000 firefighters and nine water-dropping aircraft are battling the blaze in Pedrogao Grande, which is raging for a third consecutive day.
In 2016, 71 separate cases of whale entanglement were reported.
"This could be pushing monitor lizards towards extinction. There's no doubt that they go through huge suffering".
"Finding 75 pieces could offer irrefutable proof of the presence of top leaders who escaped from Nazi Germany"
Legend stoked by massive building stones that make up some of the buildings.
China is working with Ukraine to secure Soviet era space tech.
Kepler's latest findings bring up the total number of potential planets discovered by the telescope to over 4,000.
Internet fish spotters seemed to think it was a juvenile basking shark.
"This is potentially the best thing I've ever filmed."
The end-Triassic extinction event coincided with pulses of volcanism, as shown by mercury levels in sediments.
About 30% of the global population already faces lethal heat for 20 days a year or more.
Cats dominated the ancient world as much as they now dominate the internet.