"The Grand Canyon is an epic Rosetta Stone for geology," Denver Museum of Nature and Science geologist James Hagadorn said.

Climate change is obviously a factor in the long term, but in the short term there's a lot of natural variability in weather ...

A new study finds that the disturbance-demanding plant species oak, hazel and yew were abundant in Europe's forests before modern humans arrived, strengthening the argument that ancient vegetation was ...

Scientists released gophers onto a plot of land two years after the eruption obliterated the landscape—and the results were ...

A new study on titan arum -- commonly known as the corpse flower for its smell like rotting flesh -- uncovers fundamental genetic pathways and biological mechanisms that produce heat and odorous ...

A beetle gilded by Selina Grazia in her Norfolk studio (Image: Selina Grazia) Ms Grazia now breeds some of the creatures she gilds at her studio in Dickleburgh, near Diss, including beetles, scorpions ...

The term gothic was first applied to fiction in the mid-18th century, and to this day conjures brooding atmospheres, ...

Prescribed beta-blockers lower heart rate. “Natural beta-blockers” in common foods, herbs, and supplements may also lower blood pressure. Here are 11 of them. Some foods, herbs, and supplement ...

Boise State English Professor Tom Hillard is a lifelong lover of horror films and scary stories, but he credits his scholarship in Gothic literature with providing “the long, deep history of the ...

A major exhibition touring Europe argues that modern artists who turned to the dark side were inspired by Gothic art from the Middle Ages. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Helsinki Why did Vincent ...

This month’s picks include a time-travel thriller with Dylan O’Brien and a dystopian comedy with Awkwafina and John Cena. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Stream it on Max. Unlike the impossibly ...