The population of an endangered species of whale that has been the focus of conservation efforts for decades has dipped to less than 370.
The North Atlantic right whale numbers only 366, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Monday in an estimate that reflects the population as of...
A new study authored by Southwest Research Institute planetary scientist Dr. Tracy Becker discusses several new views of the asteroid 16 Psyche, including the first ultraviolet observations. The study, which was published today in The Planetary Science Journal and presented at the virtual meeting of the American Astronomical Society's...
Workers from the state Department of Agriculture managed to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the U.S. without suffering any stings or other injuries, the agency said Monday.
The nest, located in Whatcom County near the Canadian border, created concern because the Asian giant hornets are...
Indonesian officials have denied claims that development of a so-called Jurassic Park-style tourist attraction in the country’s protected Komodo National Park would endanger one of the last wild populations of komodo dragons.
Critics and researchers have raised concerns that construction work in Rinca Island, one of three islands that together...
NASA is due to announce a new discovery about the Moon that the agency has called ‘exciting'.
The discovery was made following observations by NASA’s SOFIA telescope, which is attached to a modified commercial jet flying high in the atmosphere. The space agency said it will make the announcement next...
A Falcon 9 rocket soared into a cloud-covered sky over Florida’s Space Coast Saturday morning sending another round of the company’s internet satellites designed to provide internet down on Earth into space.
SpaceX’s second attempt this week to send up another batch of 60 Starlink Satellites Saturday morning was successful...
The existence of a tectonic plate called Resurrection has long been a topic of debate among geologists, with some arguing it was never real. Others say it subducted – moved sideways and downward – into the earth’s mantle somewhere in the Pacific Margin between 40 and 60 million years...
Plague outbreaks in London spread four times faster in the 17th century than they did in the 14th century, researchers have estimated after studying troves of wills and death records.
Researchers from McMaster University in Hamilton analyzed thousands of documents spanning 300 years -- including personal wills and testaments, parish...
A team of researchers from Canada and Peru has found evidence of Inca people burying llamas alive as part of ritualistic ceremonies approximately 600 years ago. In their paper published in the journal Antiquity, the group describes their study of five preserved llama remains found at a southern Peruvian...
The Expedition 63 crew members were sent to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft on 17 April 2020. The mission is considered the longest to the ISS, due to its six-month-long duration, an unusual double-length expedition period.
The crew of Expedition 63 has completed its six-month...
