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Researchers have discovered an enormous "pocket" of gas trapped underwater that could either be an enormous untapped natural resource or a potential "ticking time bomb" of greenhouse gas emissions.  The problem? Scientists don't know which it is just yet.

A microscopic worm that has three different sexes, is able to survive a dose of arsenic that would kill a person 500 times over and carry its young inside of its body similar to a kangaroo has been discovered in one of the most uninhabitable places on Earth.

A recently discovered wasp can apparently control the minds of its victims.

Hidden beneath the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea near southwestern Italy lies a newfound volcanic mosaic dotted with geothermal chimneys and flat-topped seamounts. 

The world needs more kindness, especially now, and researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles are going to investigate how to bring out more of it -- thanks to a new multimillion dollar grant.

A giant, Jupiter-like planet has been discovered by astronomers in a unique place, orbiting a small red dwarf star.

Children sacrificed to the gods by the Incas could have come from different parts of the empire, according to researchers.

A snake catcher in Australia has snared a huge red-bellied black snake, dubbed “Chonk” because of its sturdy appearance.

Remarkable images of a newly born rhinoceros and its mother have surfaced after the baby rhino was born earlier this month.

A ‘star-shredding’ black hole has been spotted for the first time by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

Researchers have discovered microbial remains in 3.5 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia, the remnants of which may be the earliest signs of life on the planet and a find considered to be a "smoking gun."

The excavation of a Stone Age community center in Ukraine is helping explain why large groups of tens of thousands of people flourished and then fell more than 5,000 years ago.

Tyrannosaurus rex, the most fearsome predator to ever walk the Earth, had a bite so hard it was able to shatter the bones of its prey. But a new study notes that the terrifying dinosaur had a stiff skull that allowed it to not shatter its bones with its bite force, while simultaneously devouring its kill.

Billions of years ago, something slammed into the dark side of the moon and carved out a very, very large hole. Stretching 1,550 miles (2,500 kilometers) wide and 8 miles (13 km) deep, the South Pole-Aitken basin, as the tremendous hole is known to Earthlings, is the oldest and deepest crater on the moon, and one of the largest craters in the entire solar system.

Scientists warned on Tuesday that a portion of the massive Mont Blanc glacier is in danger of collapse, prompting Italian authorities to close off roads and evacuate certain areas.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Sandra shows little interest as she slowly shuffles past the structure of beams and ropes built for her to climb on inside her concrete enclosure in Argentina's capital. Outside are tall buildings and traffic that bear no resemblance to the lush forests where orangutans naturally live.

A 3,000-year-old clay container that is described as the world's first "baby bottle" has been unearthed by researchers.

A metal detector enthusiast in England has stumbled upon a treasure trove of silver coins believed to be 1,000 years old. 

A damning new report from the United Nations says that the world's oceans are undergoing drastic, accelerated change. And the risks associated with these changes to the climate are getting ever greater, threatening hundreds of millions of people and the global economy itself. 

The International Astronomical Union confirmed that the object formally known as C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) is indeed from another solar system, giving it the proper name of 21/Borisov on Tuesday.