Patrick Pester

Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought.

Fusarium wilt is threatening the global supply of bananas, but researchers might have found a way to control the disease.

Beachgoers found a rare oarfish off California two days before an earthquake, mirroring folklore that says the deep-sea creatures are "doomsday fish."

The wandering albatrosses of Marion Island can't defend themselves against an invasive mice population that devours birds alive, but conservationists say a rodenticide 'bomb' could save them.

The newly discovered Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus fossils are the first of their kind from Kyrgyzstan and provide evidence of predatory dinosaurs caring for offspring in the Jurassic.

Tarantulas' hairy bodies protect against the scavenging, spider-eating army ants that clean their nests, scientists say.

Your brain and behaviors tell you you're in love in a variety of ways. Here's 14 signs you've been struck by Cupid.

Researchers believe one male Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin is responsible for annual attacks on beachgoers in the Fukui prefecture of Japan, and he's doing it because he's lonely.

Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies, which then burst from the hosts'abdomens while they're still alive.

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