A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

The state has recorded an unusual spate of poisonings from foraged mushrooms. There have been 35 since November, whereas ...

NASA lost communication with its MAVEN probe nearly a month ago, and efforts to re-establish a connection have been futile.

The Arctic last season was the hottest it has been in the past 125 years. The extent of sea ice during its usual maximum in March was the lowest in 47 years of satellite recordkeeping. The North ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...

A global “plastics crisis” is costing governments and taxpayers $1.5 trillion annually as they try to cope with escalating injuries, disability and deaths as the substance pollutes our land, seas and ...

This summer, the U.S. and much of the world have been pummeled by floods, fires and heat waves. Knowing what climate risks come next depends, to a large extent, on what happens in the most desolate ...

LAS VEGAS — Mother Nature has not been a friend to this year’s Burning Man festivalgoers so far. From this weekend’s ferocious dust storms to high heat and humidity to the possibility of rain and ...