A new survey of limestone caves in western Cambodia has uncovered a range of species that are new to science, including a ...

Scientists say they have found a way to test ancient human remains for hormones linked with pregnancy, a breakthrough that may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had ...

The African continent is splitting along a triple junction of rifts that converge in Afar, Ethiopia. A new ocean may take ...

As the US sets its sights on establishing a permanent base on the moon, its foothold in an area of space much closer to home ...

A spacecraft could plunge into Earth’s atmosphere as soon as Tuesday. While most of the probe will likely burn up during reentry, a few components are expected to survive.

Former NASA Astronaut Scott Altman joins The Lead.

Recent analysis of two fossils from Australia, estimated to be about 50,000 years old, suggests that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, ...

Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just a few ...

Glowing bats may sound like Halloween decor, but researchers in Georgia have discovered certain species of North American bats that are capable of the unusual trick. When placed under ultraviolet ...

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