Environment

Watch: Gorilla walks like a human to keep hands clean

Gorillas are mostly known for knuckle-walking, but this one at Philadelphia zoo is quite a cleanliness-freak.

Mar 18, 2018

Watch: Elephant rescued after being stuck in muddy puddle for 12 hours

The young elephant fell into the muddy puddle when it got detached from its pack while looking for food and water. The incident happened in Karnataka, India.

Mar 18, 2018

Photo of walrus with tusks hooked on ice will make your weekend

Walruses are extremely social. In this picture, a walrus is seen hooking its tusks on ice while chilling in the water.

Mar 17, 2018

The unusual phenomenon of Aurora Steve captured by citizen scientists.

Aurora Steve: Mysterious purple lights in the sky spotted by citizen scientists

Steve is an acronym for "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement" and occurs in latitudes lower than the normal for auroras.

Mar 15, 2018

Ice sheets in Greenland destabilized by chain reaction from melt lake networks

Greenland is losing one billion tonnes of ice daily, causing one mm of sea level rise every year, say, researchers.

Mar 15, 2018

2.5-million-year-old shark tooth stolen: Things to know about the giant creature

The extinct sea-creature, Megalodon which is thought to be the biggest shark that ever lived might have been three times longer than the great white shark.

Mar 13, 2018

World's most powerful magnets could finally make nuclear fusion a reality

Nuclear fusion could be the most efficient, inexpensive, sustainable and eco-friendly way to generate power, but cracking the method is still a major challenge.

Mar 13, 2018

Volcanic Winter: 74,000-year-old African fossils show humans flourished post super-volcano

Glass tephra, or the rock shards ejected by volcanic explosions, was found in two of the African sites - at the same level as remnants of human activity.

Mar 13, 2018

Hawaiian spider species evolved numerous times over 3 million years

Around 3 million years ago, the parasitic spiders from across the Pacific Ocean set sail on the backs of other spiders, reached Hawaii and evolved many times.

Mar 12, 2018

The proton battery: A cheap and eco-friendly carbon-based power storage option

The technology, which is currently under development, has the potential to replace Lithium-ion batteries.

Mar 12, 2018

Global warming: half a degree increase could flood 5 million people

Even if global temperature goals are met, the seas will continue to rise for hundreds of years.

Mar 12, 2018

The creature weighed around 330 pounds and was six feet long.

Mysterious sea 'monster' weighing 330 pounds washes up on Australian beach [Photos]

The couple that filmed the creature said that its carcass was uninjured, but when they went back the next day, the creature had already vanished.

Mar 11, 2018

Horseshoe cloud spotted above Navada, USA on Thursday.

Horseshoe cloud appears over Nevada: Twitter divided over its shape and origin

The horseshoe cloud is formed from a horizontal vortex, but Twitter was quick to believe there is some alien involvement in Nevada, US.

Mar 11, 2018

Tiger that killed woman rehabilitated, officials to track it with satellite collar

The tiger was released in the jungles of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh after it was captured March 5.

Mar 10, 2018

Warming oceans predicted to trigger steep decline in fisheries output

US researchers say the world's fisheries will be 20 percent less productive on average by the year 2300 if human-induced climate change is not addressed.

Mar 9, 2018