Fruits and vegetables - they're tasty and they're healthy... but do you know what they really are? Hank Green, which...

Among the best thing about being a biologist is you get to name things when you discover it. Now, a...

Ocean acidification, one of the often ignored dangers associated with climate change is becoming increasingly worrying. As our climate becomes...

Geoscientists have finally unraveled one of Greenland's long-standing mysteries: how billions of gallons of water can drain in a matter...

The 2011 Japan tsunami was so massive that even today, debris from it keeps washing up in Washington - and...

A lab from the University of Miami will be able to reproduce hurricane conditions on demand, empowering researchers to study...

A female Yangtze giant softshell turtle (quite possibly the last female of her species) has been given another chance to...

When citizens stop complying with the laws, it's generally a bad thing - laws are there for a reason, and...

Social media was ecstatic - just look at this video of an orangutan bottle-feeding a tiger cub. Tens of millions...

With bee numbers dropping dramatically in the last years, it's time to take some drastic measures, and a White House...

It generates as much oxygen as 400,000 square feet of natural woodland, it looks nice, and it can produce lots of...

At least 21 cockatoos have been discovered and saved from illegal trafficking; they were recovered at an Indonesian port during...

Chocolate is the favorite food of many people throughout the world, bringing joy and happiness into our mouths, one square...

Neuroscientists at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have created an out-of-body illusion in participants placed inside a brain scanner to...

I just love it when stuff that's thrown away becomes a part of something new and valuable - upcycling, as...

An innovative study suggests that something as small as labeling healthy foods with a small smiley face can make kids...

Hallucinogenic tea brewed from South American plants might treat depression, according to a new study - but don't start your...

Scientists are working to gather more and more details about Icelandic DNA, in an attempt to design better drugs and...

For the first time, researchers have discovered a vertebrate able to change the texture of its skin from smooth to...

A park ranger in south China was surprised to find a giant salamander while he was out picking winkles. The...

Even as a geologist, I can't help myself from looking at lava with an almost childish fascination -- it's something...

Learn about the life and tales of Ada Lovelace, the women who wrote the very first computer program in the...

Image via Clubearlivre. Pedreira do Galinha (literally "The chicken's quarry", but more on that later) is one of the most...