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In 2013, scientists said that around five out of the millions of invertebrates, including butterflies, were at risk of extinction....

Invasive worms, considered a major threat to native ecosystems, have been found in 97 per cent of areas for which...

Space agency officials promise to deliver geology results from worlds dozens of light-years away The James Webb Space Telescope plans...

The Amazon may be nearing a "tipping point." If deforestation continues, the Amazon rainforest could reach a critical tipping point...

Political turmoil in Congress and uncertainty about climate regulations has hampered release of the report showing how the U.S. would...

The search for life on Mars is not an easy one. Not only is the red planet difficult to get...

Scientists spotted the first early warning sign of a standard type of supernova A star’s death usually comes without warning....

The candidate orbits a planet circling a sunlike star about 5,700 light-years from Earth Some of the same researchers who...

Overemphasis on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius misses a key point, some experts say What’s in a number?...

Geologic processes nearer the surface, rather than deep-mantle plumes, may fuel activity there Some of the world’s volcanic hot spots...

A massive line of vegetation in the Sahel may intensify the West African monsoon, simulations show Africa’s “Great Green Wall”...

New rovers started exploring the Red Planet while other missions launched to asteroids While a flurry of missions crowded around...

Maxwell Ochoo’s first attempt at farming was a dismal failure. In Ochieng Odiere, a village near the shores of Kenya’s...

Does it keep them up later? The summer solstice, which marks the longest day of the year in the Northern...

Knock-on effects could transform the Amazon rainforest into savannah As climate change continues to heat the planet, ice sheets and...

The ice shelf on Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier lost about one-fifth of its area from 2017 to 2020, mostly in...

A burning container ship dumped tons of plastic debris onto Sri Lanka's beaches. A burning container ship dumped tons of...

Gold veins thicker than your arm finally get a geological explanation. Why did some gold prospectors strike it rich with...

Whale sharks, hammerheads and more frequent the site. The top of Darwin's Arch, the famous natural stone archway in the...

An airplane saw thunderstorms create extremely high levels of chemicals called oxidants. Lightning may play an important role in clearing...