Darren Orf

Scientists are analyzing feces to find out what exactly the endangered Gilbert's potoroo needs to survive.

In the shadow of nuclear disaster, these canines show remarkable resilience to the deadly disease.

Firefighters in northern Kazakhstan discovered a carved granite face alongside a deer petroglyph stone stele, sparking debate over whether the site represents a single sacred complex or multiple layers of use across centuries.

A 150,000-year-old site in Côte d'Ivoire nearly doubles previous estimates of how long ago humans first lived in rainforests.

No one knows why the river of liquid iron flowing 1,400 miles beneath our feet just reversed course.

Our best model of the cosmos has a glaring mathematical problem, but we may have found an answer.

This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve.

On January 3, 1961, the small Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One (SL-1) exploded at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory—possibly because of a prank gone wrong.

From 1811 to 1812, quakes in the central U.S. rang church bells in Boston and caused the Mississippi to flow backward.