The once and future Hurricane Gustav—currently a tropical storm—could become supercharged if a developing high-pressure system deflects it into the central Gulf of Mexico.
The remote protected area in the western and central Pacific--proposed by U.S. President George W. Bush earlier this week--would be nearly as large as Texas and Alaska combined.
Dwarf galaxies of varying brightness orbiting the Milky Way have a common central mass, says a new study that suggests dark matter can provide the minimum mass required for galaxies to form.
Alaskans voted down protections that would have stopped the huge proposed Pebble Creek mine, which may boost the area economy but could harm economically important fisheries.
Dental pulp from a wisdom tooth could be a new source of therapeutic stem cells, sidestepping the ethical concerns of embryonic cells, Japanese researchers claim.
The rare pre-Inca mummy was masked and entombed with a child sacrifice. Found near high-rises in Lima, the tomb is one of the few known unlooted Wari burials.
An "exquisitely carved" statue of Roman leader Marcus Aurelius, with lion-skin boots and a feathery beard, has been discovered in an artifact-rich site in Turkey.
A distant cousin of the famous "bullet cluster" shows the same separation of dark and ordinary matter occurring as its two parent galaxy clusters collide at high speed.
Image confirms universe's most massive galaxy cluster, Mars's sand dunes offer new clues to its past, and more in our weekly roundup of space photos.
Officials working with the spacecraft formerly known as GLAST celebrated the probe's new name, Fermi, with the release of its first image of the full gamma ray sky.
Millions of dollars have funded research to eradicate the destructive coffee berry borer, and for years, coffee farmers the world over have been battling the pest with insecticides. But a simple solution may already exist in their own backyards: birds.
The U.S. is likely to grant national-monument status to Pacific island regions that together are larger than Alaska and Texas combined—a "great choice," conservationists say, if the areas are actually protected.
Millions of dollars have funded research to eradicate the destructive coffee berry borer, and for years, coffee farmers the world over have been battling the pest with insecticides. But a simple solution may already exist in their own backyards: birds.
U.S. President George W. Bush has proposed marine national monuments around several U.S.-held islands in the Pacific Ocean. It could become the world's largest protected area.
Building projects in London have unearthed over 17,000 skeletons, some dating to the Middle Ages. Some of the oddest are now on display.
Some bats prevent crossed signals when flying with others by shutting down their natural sonar, new research reports.
Portal to Maya underworld found?; monkeys experience joy of giving; human exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed; and more.
Fashion meets nature in Bali, a water-delivery tunnel cuts through the San Bernardino Mountains, and more in our new weekly roundup of nature news photos.
The animals appear to graze and rest in a north-south direction that aligns with magnetic north, not geographic north, according to an analysis of Google Earth images.
Flowing meltwater a few hundred thousand years ago may have created gullies in a Martian crater—not dry avalanches or springs as previously believed.
