October is Space Month. At Duke University, space research is more than just science — it's a bold journey across disciplines. This is the second in a series of stories featuring innovators, dreamers ...

A Yale-led team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic rarity: a super-sized galaxy with nine concentric rings. Officially known as LEDA 1313424, the “Bullseye” galaxy got its rings about 50 million ...

When Colorado Mesa University biology professor Tom Walla several years ago entered a team into an international competition aimed at developing ways to better assess biodiversity in rainforests, ...

The newly described pterosaur Eotephradactylus mcintireae is seen eating an ancient ray-finned fish alongside an early species of turtle and an early frog species, with the skeleton of an armored ...

When Lauren Betts struggled to find the words to describe how she felt after the UCLA women’s basketball team won the Big Ten Conference Tournament, Kiki Rice took the reins of the press conference.

An artist’s reconstruction of the fossilized landscape, plants and animals found preserved in a remote bonebed in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Illustration by Brian Engh. Note to editors ...