Heavily logged forests still valuable for tropical wildlife

New findings challenge a long-held belief that there is limited, if any, value of heavily logged forests for conservation.

Study says new element 115, ununpentium, does exist

One more element may soon be added to the Periodic Table. On September 10, 2013, scientists reported evidence supporting the existence of element 115.

Only 20 Asian carp could establish breeding population in Great Lakes

These prolific fish are already widespread in stretches of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, where they have severely overwhelmed native aquatic communities.

Epic flooding hitting the Boulder, Colorado area

The National Weather Service used the word "biblical" to describe ongoing flooding in Colorado. Many are evacuating as water levels rise.

Insight into the hidden world of frozen oceans

Beneath the ice crust of a frozen ocean, microscopic algae and bacteria thrive. As the Arctic becomes ice-free, they will play a new role in Earth's ecology.

Predicting a violent volcanic eruption before it happens

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 is first hurricane of 2013 season in Atlantic

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

Wild birds help Costa Rica’s coffee farmers

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

A new beautiful translucent snail from the deepest cave in Croatia

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.

Life found in the sediments of an Antarctic subglacial lake for the first time

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.