Science

An international team of scientists recently explored previously unseen seamounts off of Costa Rica. What they found on their expedition was a new active octopus nursery and witnessed babies hatching.

As smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouds broad swaths of the U.S., here are seven facts you should know about measuring air quality.

The planet Mercury is in retrograde most often because it's the fastest planet traveling around the sun, NASA explained.

According to researchers, this is the first official record of Burmese peacock softshell turtle hatchlings in the wild.

Methyl cation was found in a young star system with the protoplanetary disk d203-506, located about 1,350 light-years away in the Orion Nebula.

A new study has found that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk with their kids.

Virgin Galactic flights to space for ticket holders will begin in August.

Officials say a bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in Germany.

Globular clusters such as the one captured by the Hubble Space Telescope can contain hundreds of thousands of stars.

The janitor is accused of damaging at least $1 million in scientific research.

These are the top destinations for people looking to get away and explore the sky.

Wild video shows the moment a dingo moved in on a group of beachgoers and bit a French tourist's backside.

One is the size of a football stadium.

The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened application of the Endangered Species Act.