Deep in the Amazon rainforest, a mysterious river stays at near-boiling temperatures year-round, baffling scientists. How is this possible, and what forces are keeping it so hot? Discover the ...

When scientists constructed a puzzle-solving task and pitted teams of people against teams of ants, the insects sometimes proved to be the smarter species. That’s not to denigrate human intelligence ...

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Imagine driving to the base of a hill, putting your car in neutral, and watching as it appears ...

Our teaching excellence feeds into a fantastic array of undergraduate degrees in a variety of subjects, while our ground-breaking research has led to: new treatments for ovarian cancer, the discovery ...

A murmuration, the collective noun for a group of starlings, is a phenomenon that has intrigued ... the RSPB notes. The Natural History Museum in London, the U.K. capital, describes the behavior ...

In a recent conversation with investor, market historian, and environmentalist Jeremy Grantham, we discussed the topic of investing in natural resources. Grantham is no fan of fossil fuels because ...

ST. LOUIS — Rare frost quakes, also known as cryoseisms or ice quakes, were reported throughout the St. Louis region on Monday. Frost quakes occur after temperatures rapidly drop, causing ...

If you hear a loud cracking, banging, booming or rattling noise in the middle of the night, you may be hearing a frost or ice quake. Environment Canada issued extreme cold alerts on Monday across ...

The government has noted the importance of implementing strategies to deal with the natural disasters that are happening more frequently and affecting the country. One measure in the works is to ...

It was after the original Firefall was banned that the natural version was discovered. In the early 1970s the wilderness photographer Galen Rowell captured the firefall-like illusion off the eastern ...

While researchers continue to make headway into determining what's behind this unusual meteorological phenomenon, the glow's pale highlights are assumed to be somewhat akin to nightglow, a result of ...