The super-volcano beneath Yellowstone National Park may be less super, but more active, than previously thought. An eruption is “long overdue,” say scientists.

Genetic evidence from an Antarctic octopus suggests a massive ice sheet collapse and sea level rise as recently as 200,000 years ago.

Good news for penguin lovers! New satellite images show that there are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than previously thought.

Solar eclipses don’t just turn the lights out – they also make the wind slow down and change direction.

Researchers have created a nitrogen footprint calculator that uses information about your food and energy use to work out your nitrogen footprint.

Hummingbirds pay no attention to what color a flower is when figuring out whether to raid it for nectar, the latest research suggests.

Scientists used miniature tracking devices to reveal the 18,641-mile migration of a small songbird called the northern wheatear.

The first detailed maps of the Earth’s forests at the time of the dinosaurs, 100 million years ago, when the planet was stifling hot.

In 1991, African wild dogs were proclaimed extinct from Africa’s Serengeti-Mara region. But a new genetic study reveals that they didn’t go extinct at all.