Although same-sex marriage has not been legalized nationally in Japan, various municipal governments have independently ...

France experienced its hottest spring on record, the country's weather service said Tuesday, after an exceptional early heat ...

Embryonic development is one of the most dynamic biological processes in nature. Cells and tissues organize and reorganize ...

The Amazon rainforest responded to the most severe drought ever recorded in the basin with an unexpected defense mechanism.

Four-and-a-half billion years ago, a massive world—possibly as big as the moon or even Mars—orbited our sun before crashing ...

As U.S. cities prepare to host the FIFA World Cup, familiar warnings about human trafficking "spikes" at major sporting ...

North Carolina's blueberry farmers may have a beetle problem. A new study from North Carolina State University has identified ...

A new global study has found that people without access to clean drinking water are significantly more likely to experience ...

The Euphrates River is the longest river in Western Asia and runs through the eastern side of the Fertile Crescent. Flowing ...

Scientists have identified the two biggest reasons that once-pristine rivers across the Arctic are growing cloudy with toxic ...

A research collaboration has developed a novel fluorescent nanosensor capable of rapidly detecting indole-3-propionic acid ...

Canadian scientists have made a significant advance in understanding the mechanisms that enable embryos to properly form ...