This time, a magnitude-7.1 temblor struck the region near Ridgecrest, California. Experts say the next one could be even bigger.

They're getting really good, really, really fast.

Here's a guide to the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, including predictions, naming conventions and how to prepare for a storm.

The cyclone has triggered the biggest evacuation in the country's history.

Fluffy is one tough cat.

Ötzi the iceman, the oldest preserved glacial mummy, may have been taking a primitive form of herbal medicine.

A long bone unearthed in Denisova Cave in Siberia is providing new proof that Denisovans and Neanderthals mated.

The stern of the USS Abner Read was completely torn off in 1943. Now scientists have found it.

You guys, Elon Musk has a plan.

The boys who survived for 9 days in a flooded cave in Thailand will now have to go through a risky crash course in cave diving in order to make their way out.

Remember That Dark-Matter-Free Galaxy? It May Have Dark Matter After All

The Cambrian explosion, when simple life forms rapidly evolved to more complex creatures, produced some beautiful, bizarre, and mysterious animals

The ashes of the towering figure in modern physics will be buried today (June 15) between two other science icons.

Geologists warn that Hawaii's Kilauea volcano could start spewing rocks

A magnitude-5.0 earthquake shook the Big Island of Hawaii on Thursday (May 3), causing lava to spew into a residential subdivision.

Government officials admitted that rogue spying devices are being used in Washington, D.C., to intercept people's cellphone data. What exactly are these devices?

Robert Langlands, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University, won one of mathematics' most prestigious prizes for a lifetime for groundbreaking work.

Stephen Hawking's last paper has been touted to provide a way to finally test for the existence of a multiverse, but it's unlikely to do that, several experts said.

One of the brightest lights in the physics universe has passed away at the age of 76.

An adorable pair of emperor penguins recently captured the cutest of all animal selfies when they encountered a camera left behind in their rookery.