A laborer discovered the fossil and hid it in a well for 85 years. Scientists say it could help sort out the human family tree and how our species emerged.

Pregnancy rates in the southern oceans are high, according to a study that showed the species is rebounding, a rare piece of good news for whales.

Since India lost contact with the spacecraft in September, the precise location of its crash has been a mystery.

Human footprints found in New Mexico are about 23,000 years old, a study reported, suggesting that people may have arrived long before the Ice Age’s glaciers melted.

Two weeks into their science fellowship with The New York Times, Sabrina Imbler wrote what media Twitter has unofficially but overwhelmingly deemed the world's best headline. the perfect headline...

The chances of it hitting a populated area are small, but not zero. That has raised questions about how the country’s space program designs its missions.

The “ring rain” that falls into the gas giant is so abundant that the icy bands could disappear in 300 million years, or even sooner.

Unlike Alpha, Beta and Delta, the name of the latest known variant is not as straightforward, with some English speakers offering up diverse pronunciations.

The Asian long-horned tick, reported in New York’s suburbs and as far west as Arkansas, can carry lethal diseases. But no infected specimens have yet been found here.

Fifteen years and 28 miles on the red planet.

On Sunday night, Earth’s shadow will fall over the moon and make our natural satellite turn blood red.

A meme about the transitional fossil Tiktaalik argues that although we did come out of the sea, we aren’t doing just fine.

Just about any other living thing would be liquefied at the forces this insect can withstand.

Scientists are sprinting to understand what is happening in West Antarctica as the planet warms around it.

Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you might be able to catch a glimpse.

Perfect crystals of ice microfiber showed the flexibility of a material we usually assume to be rather brittle.

Alston’s singing mice “converse,” scientists report. The finding may shed light on human language.

We're not saying you can't talk about politics on Thanksgiving. But here are some conversation starters about science and medicine for your dinner table.

Tweets telling women to do that went viral after Roe v. Wade was overturned, but experts say other digital data are more likely to reveal an illegal abortion.

It started with a literal bang.

Within hours of arriving, it started drilling and scooping lunar rocks and soil to bring back to Earth.