There is something humbling about realizing that the most urgent climate questions we wrestle with today were, in many ways, already being answered decades ago. Scientists, policymakers, and ordinary ...

New technology enables us to perceive sounds beyond human hearing range, allowing a new perspective on our place on the planet.

But if parents regularly talk about science and incorporate it into play, they can help build their child’s logical thinking, ...

As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather’s compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre high and hidden behind a privet hedge. We had placed ...

Earth’s gravity has a lot to do with what people think is up and what is down. Things fall down toward the ground, but that ...

Animals like tiny fawns, fluffy ducklings and wide-eyed baby bunnies are starting to make their way into the world.

Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ...

Live Science spoke with Rob Dunn, an applied ecologist and author of the book "The Call of the Honeyguide," about "mutualism" — how different species team up for their mutual benefit — and how humans ...

Book Excerpt: Judy Blume's "Fudge" series was inspired by a newspaper headline about a turtle.