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With record-high Mediterranean temperatures and a year’s worth of rain falling in mere hours, Spain has been devastated by the weather phenomenon known as DANA.

Tweaking the chemical composition of a parrot-specific pigment can shift feathers from red to yellow or green.

Children who experienced sugar rationing during World War II were less likely to develop some chronic illnesses as adults than those with no rationing.

The subject of blockbuster films, history museum exhibits and much more, dinosaurs continue to interest people today after first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. Here’s all the news on dinosaurs.

The image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope.

New finds in the Finding Fluorescence site include a Japanese beetle with a glowing blue mouth and a mushroom that gleamed bright red under its cap.

The discovery of an important enzyme involved in Huntington’s disease may pave the way for future treatments to prevent the condition, researchers say.

In addition to studying the world’s only nonmigratory blue whales, marine biologist Asha de Vos seeks to change her compatriots’ attitudes toward the ocean.

The future of smarter robots may lie in combining neural networks with advanced computer vision.

In 2015, U.S. Navy pilots were flying training missions off the U.S. East Coast when they spied something highly unusual. An oval-shaped object appeared to skim across the top of the water. It moved at incredibly high speed and seemed…