Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Kate Gosselin announced she is now “helpless” at home recovering after undergoing leg surgery for an ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global,‎ Laura Spinney, published by ‎William Collins.

Ten years after the Cleveland Tree Plan was released, the tree canopy is still shrinking. But the people leading the effort are not deterred.

Twenty years ago, researchers saw what they called a "mystery mollusc." Now, they've finally described it in detail... but ...

Butterflies are beloved. Some folks consider these beautiful pollinators messengers from heaven, although, more realistically ...

Inside the forensic lab where the tiniest trace of red shimmer—the "nearly perfect" form of proof—closed a case.

A London homeowner says her insurance company has been little help nearly five months after a destructive storm caused her ...

A groundbreaking new study suggests that Homo sapiens could have begun to emerge over one million years ago - pushing back our species’ origins by some 400,000 years compared with genetic estimates.

A Paris court is to deliver its verdict Thursday over former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s alleged illegal financing of ...

One doesn’t expect to outlive a tree. Our clocks tick at a different pace. Yet it happens, and it’s almost like a death in the family.

Every yard needs a tree. All the better if it’s a native species of tree, one that will support native bees, butterflies and other wildlife. “Fall is a great time for tree planting,” said Spencer ...