Thousands of years ago, hydrothermal vents fed worms deep below the ice. Scientists have found 300-year-old sponges feeding on the worms’ fossilized remains.

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Some remote Pacific island nations haven't had a single case of Covid-19 for the past two years. Now they're reopening to the world, but can they handle an outbreak?

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The International Astronomical Union launched a new organization tasked with limiting reflected light and radio interference from big satellite networks.

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When species have babies with conspicuous fur, it can attract good attention—or bad. A new theory could explain why.

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The same phenomenon by which an opera singer can shatter a wineglass also underlies the very existence of subatomic particles.

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Some animals and plants are rapidly adapting to our warming, polluted world. How alarming that is depends on your perspective.

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More than half of the sea now logs temperatures once considered extreme, threatening countless species, livelihoods, and the air we breathe.

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Researchers are exploring whether tech giants can precompute certain data when the grid is humming with solar or wind power, then stash it away for later use.

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As an errant SpaceX rocket booster careens toward the moon, here are some of the ways space agencies and companies are trying to deal with huge pieces of debris.

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A study found that filtration membranes formed from SCOBYs are more effective at preventing bacterial growth than commercial equivalents.

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