Researchers used an algorithm to scour databases of bacterial genomes for never-before-seen CRISPR systems.

Researchers think the coins are from a Buddhist shrine established amid much older ruins.

Scientists have analyzed the remains of a great white shark that washed up in Australia in October and confirmed orcas disemboweled the predator to eat its liver — a first in these waters.

Six exoplanets with sizes between Earth and Neptune have been in rhythm with each other since they were born around the same star 4 billion years ago, new research suggests.

Evidence suggests the outbreak is being caused by several known pathogens, the World Health Organization said.

An orca's final moments may have been captured on film for the first time, after repeated attempts by two young orcas to keep the old, dying male at the surface so he could breathe.