A massive purple star sapphire weighing 3,563 carats has been unveiled in Sri Lanka. The owners, who wish to remain anonymous ...

The granddaddy of the U.S. Coast Guard fleet arrived this month at McMurdo Sound, in Antarctica, to clear channels for supply ships.

One of the most intriguing organisms in the ocean is undoubtedly the starfish. Also referred to as sea stars, these organisms ...

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Winter weather continues to affect parts of the US., with heavy snowfall in Michigan and freezing temperatures in Middle Tennessee prompting numerous school closures on Jan15. Students, parents, and ...

Commentary: Earth has been called the “Goldilocks planet" because it is positioned just the right distance for life to evolve ...

Despite the ravages of industry and urban development, Botany Bay has retained pockets of surprising beauty with biodiversity ...

By JES BURNS Oregon Public Broadcasting The year 2025 has been a banner year for scientists in the Pacific Northwest working ...

Thousands of starfish have been washed up on an Edinburgh beach. Wild swimmers were at Wardie Bay in Granton when they came ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

There has much coverage of the plight of sunflower sea stars, the large starfishes with 16 to 24 arms that inhabit the Pacific Coast of North America. A wasting disease that hit the population ...