Unseasonably warm fall temperatures in the northeastern United States mean that blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), also known as deer ticks, are active later into December than is usually the case.
This phytoplankton bloom looks like a van Gogh painting.
The percentage of young adults in the United States who smoke cigarettes has dropped in recent years, but the decline could be due to this population switching from cigarettes to other forms of tobacco.
A novel method for "plucking" individual particles of light out of a laser pulse could lead to major breakthroughs in quantum computing, researchers say.
Children born to women who took antidepressants during their second or third trimester of pregnancy may face an increased risk of autism, a new study finds.
A long-necked plesiosaur with enormous flippers once swam around the waters covering Patagonia about 65 million years ago, new research finds.
Plesiosaurs aren't dinosaurs, but they're just as enormous as some of their Cretaceous-age pals.
Older people who have higher levels of stress may face a greater risk of developing cognitive problems, a new study finds.
Many Americans are passing on their fruits and vegetables.
Are calories really the key to weight loss?
Want to eat for weight loss? Here's how to do it.
The asteroid that killed the nonavian dinosaurs may have also killed countless marine animals after it triggered a worldwide algal bloom, a new study finds.
Backyards haven't changed much over the past 1,000 years or so. While digging in an area not far from where King Richard III's bones were found, archaeologists unearth rubbish pits, outhouses and mosaic pavements along what were once people's backyards.
Not far from where the English king Richard III was buried, archaeologists have uncovered some everyday treasures.
Crossing disciplinary boundaries is unusual – and crucially important.
