Among marine mammals, beluga whales ( Delphinapterus leucas) are particularly difficult to study in their icy habitat. To better understand and protect this endangered species, scientists must piece ...

In the icy waters of Alaska's Bristol Bay, a new study reveals how a small population of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas ...

A new study finds that warming temperatures are causing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, threatening some species with ...

The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to ...

Tsukuba, Japan—The Chinese hwamei, an invasive alien bird species, is native to eastern Eurasia, ranging from southern China to Southeast Asia. In Japan, the species had been brought to Japan as a pet ...

Ever since the James Webb Space Telescope was launched almost four years ago to the day, the star of space exploration until that time, the Hubble telescope, kind of took a back seat. From time to ...

Goal Oriented (Not This Time) notched a Grade I feather to his 2025 cap, but also further gilded a fabulous year for his sire, as he strolled home powerfully to take the GI Malibu Stakes at Santa ...

The depiction of humanity's 'first contact' with alien life has been the subject of countless sci-fi films and novels, but a new research paper argues that if we ever discover the existence of alien ...

What would First Contact with extraterrestrials really look like? From a scientific perspective, there’s potential for life to exist beyond Earth, as four of the six most abundant elements in the ...

Are we alone in the Universe? With more than 100 billion galaxies in the observable Universe and at least 500 billion planets in the Milky Way alone, don't you think we should have found something by ...