A new study in mice suggests that sleeping pills may impede the brain's ability to "cleanse" itself during sleep.

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions ...

A woman with a known nut allergy had a severe allergic reaction after sex, even though her partner bathed and brushed his ...

Four bags of money hidden around 1640 and worth "much more than a craftsman could earn in a year" have been found inside a ...

Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" ...

Shark sex is a bitey business, with males grasping females with their teeth during the act. The resulting wounds are helping ...

In 2015, archaeologists working at a site called Nescot in the town of Ewell, roughly 12 miles (19 kilometers) south of ...

Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the whipworm parasite. However, it is significantly more resistant to treatment.

Archaeologists working at the site of Saqqara have discovered a 4,100-year-old tomb that held the burial of a doctor.

This 2014 satellite photo shows Pakistan's Khor Kalmat tidal lagoon brimming with water at the heart of an arid desert. This ...

A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China.

Record-breaking Wolf 907F, the alpha of the Junction Butte pack, died after a confrontation with a rival pack at Yellowstone ...