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Weird Chinstrap penguins sleep over 10,000 times a day...
The penguins accrue 11 hours of cumulative sleep a day from a bizarre adaptation that enables them to doze as they guard their nests.
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A once-in-a-lifetime view of the sun's 'solar maximum'...
With the solar cycle set to peak earlier than predicted, the sun's corona should look its spectacular spiky best for April 8's total...
Kangaroos might try to drown your dog. Here's why.
Footage of a kangaroo attempting to drown a dog in a river in Australia went viral online, but this isn't the first time a marsupial...
Adorable, newfound pygmy squid species named after Japanese...
Two new species of pygmy squid have been discovered off Okinawa and named after mythical creatures.
Could a 'rogue star' knock Earth out of orbit? Yes — and...
Earth will become too hot to handle in a billion years. There's a (very) remote chance a passing star could save us by knocking our...
Enormous hydrothermal vent field with ancient, 50-foot...
A 2,000-foot-long hydrothermal field teeming with life and giant chimneys spouting boiling water has been discovered next to an underwater...
Japan's new volcanic island has erupted again — and the...
An underwater volcano that gave birth to a new island off Japan's Iwo Jima island has erupted again, sending huge plumes of ash and...