Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ants do not just fall sick and fade away. They actively trigger their own ...

At the bottom of a hill at the end of our street, you dismounted from your bike to walk a few feet on pavement between two ...

When Rami Saleh’s porcelain bird is broken, the schoolyard gets on the case in a caper about finding truth, belonging, and ...

A beach on a remote island, and home to nesting turtles, is annually overwhelmed by tonnes of plastic garbage. Christmas Island is doing what it can to help stem the never-ending tide of pollution. A ...

As more than half of the United States braces for a powerful winter storm, some meteorologists are warning on social media that “exploding trees” are possible.

The population of tiny stinging ants has surged despite efforts to control the invasive species. Experts fear devastating consequences if the infestation spirals out of control.

The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

Anthony Edwards scored 23 points, including hitting the game-winner with 16.8 seconds remaining, to beat the Spurs on Sunday.

Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender calls out LinkedIn marketing “snake oil” as the publisher’s Steam sale discounts Manor Lords and ...

Kids at a tiny regional school are on a mission to save one of Australia's extremely rare butterflies. The purple copper butterfly is the size of a 10-cent piece and only lives in small pockets of ...

Some baby ants don’t ask for help when they contract deadly infections — they ask to be killed. Terminally ill worker ant pupae actively emit a “find me and destroy me” chemical signal, prompting ...