These researchers say that the monitoring of repeated slow oscillations in ground swelling and collapse is vital to understanding whether an eruption is imminent.

Humberto was just a few hours shy of tying the record for "latest first hurricane to form" during an Atlantic hurricane season.

When wild birds have undisturbed tropical forests near Costa Rica coffee plantations, they help control the coffee berry borer beetle.

Scientists discovered a new species of a peculiar cave-dwelling snail in one of the 20 deepest cave systems in the world, Lukina Jama–Trojama in Croatia.

Evidence of diverse life forms dating back nearly a hundred thousand years has been found in subglacial lake sediments by a group of British scientists.

The migration period coincides with the birthing season of tiger shark pups, and a higher rate of shark attacks in waters around the main Hawaiian islands.

In fact, the underwater volcano, called Tamu Massif, is among the largest in our solar system, say scientists.

Biologists and physicists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, found out that not all of the Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrate towards the equator at the end of the Antarctic summer.

Scientists have found thousands of microplastic particles floating in the Great Lakes. They are concerned that the particles may disrupt aquatic food webs.

Night launch on September 6 of NASA's new LADEE spacecraft to the moon resulted in many fine photos posted to EarthSky's Facebook page. Thanks to all!