It’s pollen season, and for many of us that means coughing, sneezing, a runny nose and itching eyes. Those symptoms can be downright annoying, but is there more pollen in the air this spring compared ...

The first animals on Earth took millions of years to evolve, a slowness that surprises paleontologists. How to explain it ...

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Moon jellies, which are found in shallow bays around the world, look like small, not entirely friendly ghosts. They have ...

Researchers have uncovered a possible reason why animal life on Earth remained relatively stagnant for millions of years after its first appearance: the earliest animals reproduced without sex. A new ...

Artist’s impression of an Ediacaran animal community. Credit: Hugo Salais A new study suggests evolution stayed stuck for millions of years until sexual reproduction helped unleash a burst of ...

An electrical fault or arc flash during electrical work inside Baltimore's Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant likely caused an explosion​ that injured three contractors on Tuesday, according to the ...

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has found strong evidence that a plant's ability to reproduce on its own—through ...

According to fossils preserved by volcanic ash, the plants, known as angiosperms, began producing relatively large, blueberry ...

The way that Earth's first animals reproduced held back life's diversity for millions of years, until stress and competition led to the development of sexual reproduction, which in turn accelerated ...

Beirut: Negotiations to cement the ceasefire in southern Lebanon, alongside talks on the future of the south, the role of the ...

Germany and Japan are expanding defense spending and military cooperation as doubts about U.S. commitments and threats from Russia and China grow.