The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...

An incredible UK beach boasting three miles of white sand and crystal-clear water has been described as 'Heaven on Earth' and ...

What’s your guess for Earth’s most isolated island? It’s not Hawaii. It’s not Fiji. In fact, if you’re thinking beaches, palm ...

Earth Day, an annual event to show support for the protection of the Earth and what’s living on it, is almost upon us. Under the motto ‘Our power, our planet,’ more than one billion people will come ...

What’s your choice for most beautiful bird song? Frank M. Chapman, a leading ornithologist in the 1880s and the father of the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, knew the songs of many birds. He was Curator ...

Astronomers claim to have found new evidence supporting a controversial observation that our galaxy is residing in an ...

In a “Jurassic Park”-esque fashion, “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson and the Texas-based biotech company Colossal ...

Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...

For one, scientists observe a "cosmic fossil" called the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The first light that was free to ...

The island of New Guinea boasts one of the most biodiverse tropical forest systems remaining on Earth and ... else on the ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

This 2011 astronaut photo shows the atolls of Rowley Shoals lined up in a near-perfect line off the coast of Australia. The ...