A popular adage among mushroom foragers is, “you can eat any mushroom ... once.” Some wild mushrooms are poisonous and will make you sick. A few can kill.

Our planet does not give up its age easily. Scientists studied the oldest rocks from our planet and solar system to figure out Earth's age.

Check out the videos in this post to see the hypnotic pulse of swimming jellyfish. Their gentle movement belies a complex flow of water that make these creatures highly energy-efficient swimmers.

An ancient people with a sweet tooth - the Nok culture of sub-Saharan Africa - used terracotta pots to hold honey 3,500 years ago. They may be the earliest confirmed honey collectors in Africa.

To look at dinosaur embryos entombed inside 200 million year old fossil eggs, scientists used powerful X-rays to create detailed images. They wanted to see how these embryos compared to those of modern-day dinosaur relatives.

A temperate rainforest once flourished in Western Antarctica, just 560 miles from the South Pole, 90 million years ago.

Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau) volcano began erupting last night - Friday, April 10, 2020 - according to clocks in Indonesia. The eruption is not thought to be major, although it's the longest eruption since 2018. Webcams and satellites caught its awesome beauty.

Updated April 9, 2020. African Americans more likely to get COVID-19. What’s next after stay-at-home orders are lifted? Worries about a global “poverty tsunami." Coronavirus arrived in New York from Europe. Tweets from the frontlines. More.

A roundup of information from physicians, scientists and journalists about the COVID-19 pandemic.

The oldest known bird fossil, from the age of dinosaurs, has skull features similar to modern chickens. The scientists who found it have nicknamed it "Wonderchicken." It's providing valuable insights into the evolution of birds.