The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional ...

Today is the turn of Redditor gothreepwood101, who asks "if I had a metal pole long enough to reach from the English coast to ...

One such species is Poltys idae, also known as the Dead Leaf Spider for obvious reasons. Native to Asia, its body is a ...

A recent study found that 47 percent of breeding female elephant seals on South Georgia, home to the world’s largest ...

However, because the skeletons of domestic cats are identical to those of wildcats, it’s impossible to tell if these ...

In recent years, a new danger has emerged in the Darién Gap. This lawless stretch of ungovernable jungle has become a hive of ...

While more confusing than the traditional "fire make hot" methods of cooking, you can get your head around how they work.

T he coldest place on Earth is the East Antarctic Plateau. In this desolate desert, on July 23, 1983, air temperatures at Russia's Vostok Station plunged to around -89.2°C (-128.6°F), significantly ...

A total of 175 generations of painters followed the same set of rules when depicting the cosmos at Pecos River.

According to those who do it, particularly in colder countries, it can promote better sleep. But what does the science say?

Studying brain scans from nearly 4,000 people across the whole spectrum of human life, from newborns to 90-year-olds, a team ...

Still, there was the odd unofficial reprieve given here and there. In 1963, for example, President John F. Kennedy received a ...