Effort to Rescue Endangered Turtles Becomes a Thanksgiving Ody...

After a plane transporting 30 Kemp’s ridley sea turtles to Louisiana from Massachusetts was snagged by delays, frantic calls for help went out.

40 sea turtles transported to Florida for treatment as number ...

The number of "cold stunned" turtles has surged this year, with dozens already in care at New England facilities.

Mysterious monolith 'disappears' from remote Utah desert

A mysterious monolith that went viral after its appearance in a remote Utah desert has been removed by an “unknown party,” according to officials.

Watch a Lunar Eclipse, or at Least Try To

Penumbral eclipses are subtle, but there are good reasons to try to notice one.

NASA starts assembling Artemis Space Launch System rocket

NASA has started assembling the Artemis Space Launch System (SLS), marking an important milestone ahead of future missions to the moon.

Geometry Reveals How the World Is Made of Cubes

An exercise in pure mathematics has led to a wide-ranging theory that unites Plato with geophysics.

'World's smallest atom-memory unit created'

Endangered Vancouver Island Marmots Are Making a Comeback

Canada’s most endangered mammal is back from the brink of extinction—and offers hope as an “ambassador” for the conservation of less adorable species.

COVID-19: Scientists develop novel method to detect single vir...

Indian, Russian satellites barely miss collision in space

How Democrats Suffered Crushing Down-Ballot Losses Across America

In statehouse races, suburban voters’ disgust with President Trump failed to translate into a rebuke of other Republicans, ensuring the party’s grip on partisan mapmaking.

E.P.A.’s Final Deregulatory Rush Runs Into Open Staff Resistance

As President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency rushes to complete its regulatory rollbacks, agency staff, emboldened by the Biden victory, moves to stand in the way.

Indian, Russian satellites just metres away in space; Roscosmo...

Spacecraft that successfully 'bombed' an asteroid is close to ...

A Japanese spacecraft that successfully "bombed" an asteroid after a 2 billion mile journey through space is close to returning to Earth.

Invasive quagga mussel found at Rutland Water and River Trent

Non-native quagga mussels, which can block pipes, have been discovered in the East Midlands.

Megalodon fossils discovered all over the world

Megalodons, the apex predator of the seas, may have gone extinct more than 3.5 million years ago, but experts may have discovered nurseries of the massive shark all around the world, according to a new study.

What's a Semi-Log Plot and How Can You Use It for Covid Data?

It is very useful for showing data that spans different orders of magnitude—like case numbers in South Korea compared to the numbers in the United States.

Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears home