A Soviet-era spacecraft has plunged to Earth, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.

A new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks.

A half-ton spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more.

New experiments show eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is searching for the person who stabbed a baby seal multiple times on a beach in Oregon.

A new study out in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment finds that wildfires fueled by climate change are linked to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic burden.

Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison — the minimum penalty for the offense — for violating wildlife conservation laws.

A private lunar lander from Japan is now orbiting the moon, with just another month to go before it attempts a touchdown.

Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species — and whether industry had a hand in drafting it.

The European Union is launching a drive to attract scientists and researchers with offers of grants and new policy plans.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced a broad reorganization as part of the Trump administration’s drive to cut costs that some activists worry will harm the agency’s independent scientific research.

Some Denver parents got texts during this winter's brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods chose flu shots for their kids.

As the federal government rolls back fishing restrictions in the Pacific Remote Islands, California is reviewing its network of marine protected areas.

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days have included a wide range of attacks on environmental and climate initiatives, and his proposed budget does the same.

Two major scientific societies say they will try to fill the void from the Trump administration’s dismissal of scientists writing a cornerstone federal report on what climate change is doing to the United States.

A Wisconsin man has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times, and scientists are studying his blood to treat snakebite.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking.

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.

Researchers say Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years.

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk is getting her chance six years later.

A federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. for the first time has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history.

At the 151st Kentucky Derby, a global spotlight will shine on equine athleticism.

Three Chinese astronauts have landed back on Earth after six months on China’s space station.

The federal government is expanding the reasons international students can be stripped of their legal status in the U.S., where thousands have come under scrutiny in a Trump administration crackdown that has left many afraid of being deported.

"The studies will contribute to the global knowledge base in human research, Earth observation, and life, biological, and material sciences, showcasing the space research capabilities of the crew’s home nations," Axiom Space said in a statement.

Three Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions.

Amazon's first internet satellites are in orbit.

NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.

People with diseases caused by rare mutations have fewer options and poorer prospects than other patients despite rapid recent advancements in the growing field of genetic science.

The National Weather Service will resume translating its products for non-English speakers.

A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the bone collector.

Hundreds of university researchers in the U.S. have had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive to end support of research on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the study of misinformation.

A new study shows female bonobos team up to fend off males in the wild.

A spaceship carrying three astronauts has docked with China's space station in the latest crew rotation.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has shaken Istanbul and other areas in Turkey.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

China announced the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space.

Surprising science and life in our backyard ocean

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby.

Scientists say a newly discovered green comet likely has broken apart and won’t be visible to the naked eye.

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station.

Nobody knows where whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea, are mating.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon swoop past a small asteroid.

Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet.

A new global survey finds that endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide.

Honey has been a staple in natural medicine for centuries, but despite its health benefits, experts remind consumers it is still a form of sugar and should be used in moderation and (if possible) knowing different types of high-quality honey.

The Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of endangered and threatened species.

A colossal squid has been captured on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers steering a remotely operated submersible.

Scientists may have found a new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system that orbits two failed stars.

An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina’s lush border with Brazil, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours.

In a high-stakes standoff, President Donald Trump’s administration says it will freeze $2.2 billion in federal research grants for Harvard University, which is pushing back on demands for changes to campus policy.

A strong solar storm is headed to Earth and this could cause colorful aurora displays in parts of the United States.

The speed and scope of the federal government’s efforts to terminate the legal status of international students have stunned colleges and universities across the country.

Two Belgian teenagers have been charged in Kenya with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species.

Our Chief Meteorologist received this letter in my inbox with this attached photo about some unusual cloud formation while they were on a cruise in Galveston. Here's what he discovered.

U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a transplant but temporarily attached outside the body.

Blue Origin has launched Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez into space with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King.

Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument’s historic domes from the threat of earthquakes.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has attended the opening ceremony for Expo 2025 Osaka and expressed his hope that the event will help restore global unity in a world is plagued by conflicts and trade wars.

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis.

Before she kicks off her upcoming world tour, Katy Perry is reaching for the stars.

Fatou, the oldest gorilla living in captivity worldwide, is getting ready for her 68th birthday in style.

Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors.

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth.

The nominee for NASA's top job is outlining his vision for space exploration, highlighting Mars.

There's a micromoon coming up.

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck.

Scientists are bracing for high lava fountains in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.

A new center at Rice University will bring together the insights of the social sciences and the power of computational methods to understand and address inequality in today’s society.

The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct for more than 80 years.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates have arrived at the International Space Station on board a Russian spacecraft.

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, has been discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the interaction between the two societies.

A company that aims to bring back lost species say they have genetically engineered wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf.

The National Weather Service is no longer providing translations of its products after its contract with an artificial intelligence company was allowed to lapse.

A day at Uranus just got a little longer.

President Donald Trump's administration has rolled back environmental protections around future logging projects on more than half of U.S. national forests under an emergency designation issued Friday that cites the dangers of wildfires.

Data obtained by The Associated Press shows that close to half of the local National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland.

Four space tourists are back on Earth after orbiting over the north and south poles.

A crackdown on foreign students is alarming college leaders, who say the Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country.

A White House official says the Trump administration is planning to halt more than half a billion dollars in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University.

Extreme weather is dangerous weather, and that’s particularly true for the heavy rainfall events that experts say are becoming more frequent with climate change.

A group of scientists and health groups sued the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday, arguing that an “ideological purge” of research funding is illegal and threatens medical cures.

NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list.

Thousands of people at the nation’s top health agencies were laid off Tuesday.

A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava and smoke into the air, just hours after authorities evacuated the few remaining residents of a nearby fishing village.

A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles.

Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s approach to fight campus antisemitism.

NASA's celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they would fly on Boeing's Starliner capsule again.

For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air.

Dow, a major producer of chemicals and plastics, wants to use next-generation nuclear reactors for clean power and steam at a Texas manufacturing complex instead of natural gas.

Scientists who want to learn more about a tiny, newly discovered flower in West Texas are hoping it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally fell in the area.

A federal judge in Florida has blocked the imports of a high-priced Chilean sea bass from protected waters near Antarctica.

Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time.

Public funding for agricultural research in the U.S. has been declining for the last two decades, a process Trump has rapidly accelerated by freezing or pausing support for a variety of research programs financed by the USDA, EPA and other organizations.

A rocket by a private European aerospace company launched from Norway on Sunday and crashed into the sea 30 seconds later.

The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar’s second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding someone still alive, two days after a massive earthquake struck that killed more than 1,600 people and left countless others buried.

The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation's top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations.