The monster gourd weighs a whopping 1,121 kilograms (2,471 pounds) – that’s about the same as two grizzly bears or two and a ...

The terrain at the Martian poles is covered in a mixture comprising mainly carbon dioxide ice, with some water ice mixed in ...

N ASA has launched a new competition with an associated $3 million in prizes for help dealing with an old problem, as humans ...

The shortage of previous Trojans for Saturn is somewhat odd. There are more than 13,000 known Trojans of Jupiter. It’s no ...

The sunken space may represent a one-of-a-kind structure with massive implications for how people stored food at the time.

A 2015 study about a thigh bone discovered at the Red Deer Cave deepened the mystery. It suggested the individual weighed ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered animal life under the seafloor around deep hydrothermal vent systems. The new ...

As it happens, the metal’s only naturally-occurring isotope - francium-223 - forms during the radioactive decay of actinium.

While the Sarus crane gets the title of tallest flying bird, and at 2.8 meters (9.2 feet) tall, ostriches get the title of ...

The seven newly discovered frogs don’t croak. In fact, their rather unusual calls can even resemble birds and different sound ...

While the molecules in ice are able to vibrate just fine, they are much less able to rotate due to hydrogen bonds formed with ...