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A giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands that was thought to have gone extinct over a century ago just came out of hiding.

Comfort, consolation and conflict avoidance are just some of the reasons animals embrace.

The human brain is the command center for the human nervous system.

A new map of the local universe created with machine learning reveals filaments of dark matter connecting galaxies.

This is the first time that third-party matchmaking has been observed in non-humans.

The FDA should better define limits for benzene in sunscreen, the company said.

Scientists hope to identify the genes that the animals use to adapt to extreme environments.

Fish that don't have fins and scales are considered non-kosher according to the Torah, but they were frequently eaten by the ancient Judeans...

In an early trial, a vaccine for type 1 diabetes showed promise in helping preserve the body's natural production of insulin for a subset of...

The egg of a dwarf emu that's been extinct for 200 years was found in a sand dune on King Island, Australia.

The supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy may not be a black hole at all, but rather a fluffy ball of dark matter called darki...

Archaeologists have discovered the oldest gold artifact in southwest Germany, a delicate gold spiral buried in the 3,800-year-old tomb of a...

Here are photos of May's Supermoon Lunar Eclipse, including of the rusty red moon during totality.

A letter written by Albert Einstein to a rival physicist, including a rare example of the famous E=mc2 equation in his own hand, has sold at...

The influenza virus that caused the 1918 pandemic mutated into variants, much like the novel coronavirus has done in the current pandemic, c...

Quantum entanglement is one of the uber-bizarre phenomena seen when things get itty-bitty. Here's a look at how entanglement works and why i...

Archaeologists have discovered six sacrificial pits containing about 500 artifacts, including gold and bronze masks, in the ancient Chinese...

Officials have returned stolen cactuses to Chile, after recovering the rare plants during two raids in Italy in 2020.

Catch totality, even if you're far away from it.

Men with low testosterone levels may be more likely to have severe COVID-19, a small new study suggests.

The physics of ice are more complicated than you might expect.

New observations help astronomers hone in on a long-standing mystery about where cosmic rays come from.

All living humans are Homo sapiens. Here's what scientists know about the origin of our species.

Here's how to watch May's total lunar eclipse.

This is the first time that a flower has been found to mimic the scent of dead insects, according to a new study.