Tasmania. Every year, around 2000 marine mammals die in mass strandings worldwide. But this is not always for natural reasons ...

A quantum "miracle material" could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers at the University of Regensburg and ...

Black holes have been fascinating subjects of study, not just because they are cosmic vacuum cleaners, but also as engines of ...

For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet ...

Across much of the animal kingdom, the meanings behind some creatures’ gestures are reserved only for other members of their species. A person watching a honeybee’s waggle dance would not understand ...

Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.

Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

More states in the northern U.S. will have a chance of seeing aurora borealis on Friday, as high-speed winds from a spot on ...

Valentine's Day could bring a dazzling display of the northern lights for stargazers in some parts of the U.S.

As the Earth is buffeted by a stream escaping from a hole in the sun, those in the northernmost states may be in for a treat.

The turtles danced with the most enthusiasm in the tank when they knew they would get food. This was "strong evidence" that ...

Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped a little more than 40,000 years ago. We can now experience this epic upheaval, ...