Antarctica's plant growth has accelerated since 1986 (Alessandro Dahan/Getty Images) Plant growth in a quickly warming region of Antarctica has increased by nearly [...]

New tarantula species discovered in Ariz. mountains A previously undescribed black-and-gray spider with red abdominal hairs has joined the most species-diverse genus of [...]

New imaging technique could improve volcano predictions (Pixabay) A novel imaging method has revealed unprecedented detail inside a volcano and could significantly improve [...]

Dinosaur-ending asteroid wasn't the only one A second asteroid slammed into Earth around the time a larger one destroyed the dinosaurs, researchers write [...]

Study: Almost 36% of children worldwide have myopia Research published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology found myopia in children worldwide increased from [...]

Herbivores specialize to get enough food in winter (VW Pics/Getty Images) Competing herbivores survive winters in Yellowstone National Park because each species focuses [...]

Training dogs to dunk could save their lives (Pixabay) Teaching dogs to dunk their own heads in cool water could prevent dangerous body [...]

Octopuses may keep hunting teams in line with punches (Pixabay) Octopuses lead hunting parties of two to 10 fish and sometimes punch fish [...]

Study: Moon regolith may offer clues about ancient Earth (Pixabay) An analysis of moon rocks collected 50 years ago shows the moon hasn't [...]

Lizard uses air bubble on head to breathe underwater Researchers have discovered that the diving anole, a semiaquatic lizard found in Costa Rica [...]