This year's list includes a spider and an ant with names drawn from popular books, a pink katydid and an omnivorous rat.

Happening now in Denmark: "bright nights," when the sun is never far below the horizon. Photographer and videographer Adrien Mauduit tells the story and provides stunning imagery.

And, at both the poles, sea ice extents were at or near record low levels, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Our teeth evolved from the same genes that make the bizarre beaked teeth of the pufferfish, according to new research.

For an alligator, in both love and war, it’s good to be big . An alligator’s bellow communicates just how big it is.

You'd expect sunglint from an ocean or other body of water. But the camera caught some glints over land as well. A new NASA video explains how scientists solved the mystery.

Fossils found in Australia - in ancient hot spring deposits - have pushed back the earliest known evidence for land-based microbial life to 3.48 billion years.

At the end of April, just 6% of the United States was afflicted by drought. That’s a substantial turnaround from a few years ago.

Noctilucent clouds - aka night-shining clouds - can be seen at high latitudes in summer, typically beginning for northern latitudes in late May. French photographer Adrien Mauduit in Denmark assembled his best 2016 photos into a wondrous video.

In 1898, a pair of lions ate 135 people at a railroad camp in Kenya. Scientists have analyzed microscopic wear on the lions' teeth to find out why.