ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEThe UK government announced it is considering introducing compulsory nature studies lessons for all students as part of a David Attenborough-backed plan for the natural world's protection.
Researchers analyzed the tusks of 10 narwhals in Northwest Greenland, uncovering the changes in the porpoise's diet and traces of mercury recorded in its tusks that act as an archive from the day it was born.
The killer whale chased a gentoo penguin was being chased in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. The penguin leaped into the side of the boat full of tourists as they watched the chase unfold.
Tasmanian devil tumor disease or Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease or DFDT has helped lower the carnivorous marsupial populations by approximately up to 90 percent in some areas.
An international team of researchers conducted genetic analysis on the remains from an ancient massacre site in Croatia - revealing what might be the oldest instance of indiscriminate killing to date.
Researchers who analyzed the contents of a princely tomb in Pliego, Murcia, in Spain found out that women from the ruling class might have played critical roles in governing the ancient society of El Argar.
A two-year multidisciplinary study headed by international researchers and journalists unravels the extent and effect of nuclear fallout on the Polynesian residents from 1966 to 1996.
A new specimen belonging to a group of bird-like theropod dinosaurs was found sitting on a nest of eggs complete with fossilized young in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, Southern China.
A team of psychologists at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego examined the effect of women with visibly erect nipples on heterosexual men.
The world's smallest deer weighs only four pounds. It has reportedly joined the other 43 Java mouse-deer across Europe. This species is presently endangered with extinction due to massive deforestation.
Should the effects of climate change remain unchecked, the future will have summer seasons lasting six months in the Northern Hemisphere, according to a new study.