The Komodo Dragon Chilli doesn't look like much; it's pretty small, reddish (but not very bright) and a bit shriveled; but this...

A female gray wolf and a male brown bear were spotted every day for ten consecutive days, spending time together,...

Green tea is one of those things that's really healthy for you, but its health benefits have been greatly exaggerated;...

Food waste is a growing problem throughout the world; on one hand, we've got so many people starving or living...

Smoking is bad. We're way past the point of discussing that one; it's bad for your health, it's bad for...

I shouldn't have to write this - taking a bath in wine should intuitively seem like a very bad idea;...

Nabire was a 31-year-old Northern White Rhino from the Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic. She suffered from uterine...

Image via Twitter User San Kaido After a twitter user and photographer from a city 110 km from Fukushima posted photos...

Dolphins in European waters are struggling to reproduce because of the chemical pollution that lingers in their bodies for a...

We're more used to whales washing up ashore, but sharks also do it sometimes. This juvenile shark was apparently trying...

We'll take a look at the Man of War and see what you should do to stay safe on the...

A new study has found that monarch butterfly populations have went down at alarming rates in the past couple of...

Love and Marriage Christophe Haubursin/Vox In a landmark decision, the US supreme court overruled 26 states and cracked down on...

Fruits and vegetables - they're tasty and they're healthy... but do you know what they really are? Hank Green, which...

Among the best thing about being a biologist is you get to name things when you discover it. Now, a...

Ocean acidification, one of the often ignored dangers associated with climate change is becoming increasingly worrying. As our climate becomes...

Geoscientists have finally unraveled one of Greenland's long-standing mysteries: how billions of gallons of water can drain in a matter...

The 2011 Japan tsunami was so massive that even today, debris from it keeps washing up in Washington - and...

A lab from the University of Miami will be able to reproduce hurricane conditions on demand, empowering researchers to study...

A female Yangtze giant softshell turtle (quite possibly the last female of her species) has been given another chance to...

When citizens stop complying with the laws, it's generally a bad thing - laws are there for a reason, and...

Social media was ecstatic - just look at this video of an orangutan bottle-feeding a tiger cub. Tens of millions...

With bee numbers dropping dramatically in the last years, it's time to take some drastic measures, and a White House...

It generates as much oxygen as 400,000 square feet of natural woodland, it looks nice, and it can produce lots of...

At least 21 cockatoos have been discovered and saved from illegal trafficking; they were recovered at an Indonesian port during...

Chocolate is the favorite food of many people throughout the world, bringing joy and happiness into our mouths, one square...

Neuroscientists at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have created an out-of-body illusion in participants placed inside a brain scanner to...

I just love it when stuff that's thrown away becomes a part of something new and valuable - upcycling, as...

An innovative study suggests that something as small as labeling healthy foods with a small smiley face can make kids...

Hallucinogenic tea brewed from South American plants might treat depression, according to a new study - but don't start your...

Scientists are working to gather more and more details about Icelandic DNA, in an attempt to design better drugs and...

For the first time, researchers have discovered a vertebrate able to change the texture of its skin from smooth to...

A park ranger in south China was surprised to find a giant salamander while he was out picking winkles. The...

Even as a geologist, I can't help myself from looking at lava with an almost childish fascination -- it's something...

Learn about the life and tales of Ada Lovelace, the women who wrote the very first computer program in the...

Image via Clubearlivre. Pedreira do Galinha (literally "The chicken's quarry", but more on that later) is one of the most...