Science

An enduring urban legend has it that blind, albino alligators patrol New York City’s sewers. These mythical crocodilians have become...

Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is laying off roughly 10 percent of its work force, according...

Three dairy veterinarians, including one who worked only in states with no known bird flu outbreaks in cows, had recent,...

The warnings, on thousands of products sold in California, are stark.“Use of the following products,” one label says, “will expose...

The No. 2 official at the National Institutes of Health abruptly resigned and retired from government service on Tuesday, in...

Strange things live in the depths of the ocean.Even the light of the sun cannot penetrate the inky blackness below....

President Trump’s order that the United States exit the World Health Organization could undo programs meant to ensure the safety,...

Elaborate poses, tufts of feathers, flamboyant shuffles along an immaculate forest floor — male birds-of-paradise have many ways to woo...

Helen Hays, an intrepid ornithologist who for nearly 50 years led scores of volunteers to Great Gull Island, a postage-stamp...

The inner core at the center of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles wide, may...