“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” The words of poet Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus” are mounted...

The Great Barrier Reef first started to grow 18 million years ago. Scientists have now warned that parts of the reef are dead or...

The extinction of the polar bear might be sooner than expected, but some of the animal’s DNA will continue to live on through interbreeding...

There are more sources of air pollution across the globe than we previously thought. That’s according to a new study published this May in...

Each year, foreign hunters export the carcasses of more than 600 wild lions from Africa. Now it appears that one of those majestic beasts has...

Lead-contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan, has raised public awareness of the threat that toxic chemicals pose to human health. The harmful substances we...

Nothing compares to the warmth and comfort of a down jacket, pillow, comforter or sleeping bag, but find out how the feathers left the...

Ants aren’t pests, except during an outdoor meal. They are “ecosystem engineers,” as University of Exeter researchers dubbed them. As the Bible says, “Go...

When it comes to animal intelligence, dolphins are near the top of the brain chain. The species is generally considered the second most intelligent...

The rising threat of global warming has led to tensions about many natural processes on Earth going awry, processes that we once took for...