From predicting tsunamis to reuniting old friends, a recently published computer standard could change the way location information is used and shared online.
Populations targeted by commercial fishing face double trouble: Long-term declines are being magnified by erratic, shorter-term fluctuations, researchers reveal.
A deadly outbreak in India is a bitter reminder that the disease is making a rapid resurgence, leading scientists to put dengue on par with better-known killers as a global health threat.
Gas-belching underwater volcanoes may have met their match. Bacteria neutralize greenhouse gas from the volcanoes before it can enter Earth's atmosphere, a new study says.
At least eight colorful new species of orchid have been discovered during surveys of previously unexplored forests in the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea.
The Asia-to-Alaska land bridge disappeared a thousand years earlier than thought, a new study says—fueling speculation that the first Americans arrived by boat.
Aerial images spanning more than 50 years show that some of the state's lakes—critical habitat for migratory waterfowl—have shrunk by 14 to 31 percent.
Learn why the magnitude 6.7 quake that struck the Big Island on October 15 was so unusual, and find out about Hawai'i's deadliest temblor, an 1868 disaster that kicked up a lethal tsunami.
Warming seas have killed up to 99 percent of coral on reefs around the African island, but newfound bleaching-resistant corals offer hope, experts say.
The magnitude 6.7 temblor was unusual because, unlike most quakes in the volcanic island chain, underground magma movement was most likely not the cause.
The U.S. population will cross the 300 million mark this week, adding to what a new report calls a nation of "super-sized resource appetites" making enormous demands on the planet's resources.
A tool for measuring humanity's "ecological footprint" could help some countries manage their resources with the same precision that they manage their money, experts suggest.
Fin-soup demand is driving millions of shark deaths, according to what researchers say are the first reliable estimates. Updated since original publication.
