The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the U...

Artisanal fisheries on Kenya’s coast say climate change, overfishing by large foreign vessels and a lack of other job opportunities for coastal communities is draining the Indian Ocean of its yellowfi...

Great white shark researchers on Cape Cod are reminding visitors that warmer weather signals not just the start of the busy tourist season, but also the arrival of the region’s famous predators...

A giant stingray caught in the Mekong River last week is more than a giant — it is the biggest of them all...

California officials are weighing whether to list the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened species...

Scientists in Europe say they have figured out the origins of the Black Death, a bacterial plague that wiped out half of the continent’s population in the 14th century...

Scientists are investigating a puzzling spike in liver disease in children across the United Kingdom...

Many species of birds are nesting and laying eggs nearly a month earlier than they did 100 years ago in the Chicago area...