Parts of the Great Barrier Reef are facing permanent destruction due to the current El Nino. Award-winning environmental photographer Gary Braasch died documenting the climate change impact on the reef.
High levels of carbon monoxide readings trigger speculation on possibility of big quake rocking California.
Scientists believed the experiment wouldn’t be fruitful as Challenger Deep is supposedly the deepest, hence, the quietest place on Earth. But they were wrong.
Asteroid 2013 tx68 may pose a threat if new observations made during this month’s pass reveal its diameter to be larger than expected. This time, it’s not hitting Earth, though.
Indonesian authorities, having learned lessons from 2004, immediately issues tsunami warning when strong tremor rocks Sumatra before 7 pm on March 2, Wednesday.
A climate action advocacy group has urged the Turnbull government to block Australia’s largest coal mine, which is owned by Adani. Federal authorities are panicking over this mass coral bleaching event.
We ask three Professors from UNSW whether Earth Hour is an effective campaign. Their responses may change your mind about what you're doing on March 19.
The size and proportion of teeth is capable of revealing when men started to eat meat and also when use of tools and cooking began.
The strange, mysterious music lasted almost an hour, and the astronauts discussed whether they should discuss this experience with the Mission Control once radio contact was regained with Earth.
This ancient lone star lizard is part of a group of reptiles known as amphisbaenians that have long bodies and earthworm-like appearance due to their absent or reduced limbs.
The Greens’ deputy leader, Larissa Waters, considers Australia’s current greenhouse gas emissions policy a “sham,” and critics of the policy believe it may become vague after 2020.
If your special Valentine’s Day 2016 treat is seafood, you may be consuming toxic pollutants that can have serious health hazards, though there is good news.
A mysterious weather system in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, known as MJO, hits the Earth with a collection of rainstorms and disappears after 45 days to rebuild.
Human-made global warming can explain the recent global heat records, but natural climate variations cannot, reveals the study.
One is sure to get baffled by this dead fish video but it is up to the viewer to decide whether it is a hoax or a real thing.
Jeff Bezos owned Blue Origin fired its New Shepard rocket, which reached a height of 333,000 feet and landed safely for a second time on their Texas launch pad.
The Nataruk massacre and skeletal remains suggest that prehistoric humans who were primarily hunter-gatherers were capable of extreme violence and did not spare even women and children.
Researchers have traced the space debris that fell into the Indian Ocean in November 2015 to NASA’s 1998 lunar mission.
The Indian government has decided to leverage space technology and drones to monitor and manage its national highways and road assets.
Scientists say that the large frill found in Protoceratops was used for showing off to potential mates and asserting social dominance, the same practice animals have today.
Acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, ranked first in the list, which includes accidental poisonings in babies, based on a report from the total calls to poison control centres.
Space could actually become a battleground for mining companies that venture into the deep space.
Global warming has delayed the onset of the next Ice Age.
New research shows that dark matter could be creating waves at the outer edges of the Milky Way.
Scientists have used the copper technique to find secret passages in Marie Antoinette’s letters to prove that she had a torrid love affair with Axel de Fersen.
There is a scientific basis behind the body of one person appearing to become an extension of another in a tango dance.
The amputation wound on the skeletal remains of an Austrian who died in the 6th century A.D shows an interesting medical history.
A new research claims a vast amount of methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times stronger than CO2, may be hiding in ice sheets.
The birth delivery mode and feeding method could impact long-term health in infants.
Palaeontologists have found the remains of Machimosaurus rex, a massive crocodile, which could prove that not all animals died during the theorised mass extinction.