Libby Rosemeier, a former George Stevens Academy student in the Twinkie experiment class, and Roger Bennatti, the now-retired ...

Higher temperatures may make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to parasites, according to new research from the University ...

A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

A science demonstration explores how tiny changes can lead to big outcomes, showing the real-world physics behind the ...

Despite setbacks, scientists around the world produced amazing discoveries every day, some of which made a big splash while ...

Scientists accidentally created a new compound called gold hydride, showing how extreme conditions can push familiar ...

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

A self-described foodie, social butterfly and New Yorker for 20 years, Lina Axmacher has long loved exploring the city's ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure sports a pair of smooth, rocky wings, which were likely "fluidized" by buried ...

Astronomers have revealed a cosmic butterfly to mark 25 years of a powerful space telescope. Students voted for the Gemini South telescope in Chile to image NGC 6302, a billowing planetary nebula, to ...

Mars Express has found a unique butterfly-shaped crater on Mars. This formation resulted from a space rock hitting at a low angle. The impact ejected debris in two lobes, creating wing-like structures ...