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Hurricanes bring wind and rain, but it's often environmental effects, such as freshwater flooding, bacteria, and debris, that impact marine life.

Almost a million years later, that tiny group of human ancestors has now grown to 8 billion people worldwide, according to the study.

The partial skull of the ape, which is called an Anadoluvius turkae, was found in Cankiri, northern Turkey.

The natural habitat of the Greenland shark — that can live up to 500 years — is the icy waters of the Arctic.

Men and older Americans are eating the most beef. Just 12% of Americans ate half of all the beef consumed in the US in a day.

Experts say more whales are following fishing boats to catch dinner. But this behavior puts both the whales' hunting instincts and lives at risk.

The Trinidad is so well-preserved that its anchor, deck gear, and crew's possessions are all still present, the maritime historians said.

Russia's grand return to the moon ended with its robotic lander crashing and forming a crater. That doesn't bode well for its lunar ambitions.

The evolutionary bottleneck 900,000 years ago might have been caused by an extreme climate event, reducing the population to just 1,280 individuals.

Five years ago, scientists stumbled upon the largest gathering of octopuses known to humans. Now, they're able to explain it.

The supernova, which was first discovered in 1987, has a keyhole-like formation, full of clumpy gas and dust, at its center.

The remains were buried alongside artifacts believed to be made of human bone and symbols possibly belonging to a cult that worshipped predatory animals.

Cutting-edge laser technology has allowed archaeologists to find the ruins of villages, ceremonial sites, and buildings hidden in dense forest.

India reached the moon's south polar region before anyone else, on a budget, by starting small and taking its missions step by step.

Moon landings are rapid, complex, uncertain events where mission operators have no ability to intervene. Targeting the south pole makes it extra hard.

India's prime minister confirmed plans to send people to the moon as the nation celebrated the historic successful landing of Chandrayaan-3.

The 57-pound moon rover, called Pragyaan — meaning wisdom — has conducted the first-ever measurements on the lunar south pole.

It was Russia's first mission to the moon in decades. Had Luna-25 successfully landed, it would've been the first craft on the lunar south pole region.

About 70 new dinosaur tracks estimated to be 113 million years old were discovered in a riverbed receding under abnormally intense drought conditions.

The Titanic was found on September 1, 1985, during a Navy search for two missing nuclear submarines. Discovering the wreckage was just a bonus.

Radioactive Bavarian boars eat truffles contaminated by fallout from both Chernobyl and nuclear weapons testing from decades ago, a new study says.

After Hurricane Ian struck Florida, disaster investors swooped in to prey on vulnerable families and turn a quick profit on their damaged homes.

A full blue supermoon will rise tonight. Blue moons are infrequent but paired with a supermoon, they're rarer, occurring every 10 to 20 years.

The images show the majestic spiral arms of the M51, a galaxy located 27 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Hurricane categories are determined by wind speed, but the flooding from storm surge and rain is usually the bigger danger to human life and homes.

Formerly redlined neighborhoods in Minneapolis are nearly 11 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than non-redlined areas.

Earlier this year, New York mayor Eric Adams appointed Kathleen Corradi, a former school teacher, to oversee efforts to reduce the city's rat problem.

Hydrogen bombs, considered nuclear weapons, work using a combination of nuclear fission and fusion. Edward Teller led their development in the 1950s.

NASA first launched the instrument, known as TEMPO, on a SpaceX rocket in April. It will begin reporting hourly data by October.

A suspected thief robbed treasures from basement galleries and not on public display and sold items on eBay for a fraction of their value, reports said.

Two hundred volunteers have joined the hi-tech search of a deep lake in the Scottish Highlands for the legendary Loch Ness monster.

Extreme heat messes with tropical trees' photosynthesis, causing the plants to die, a study found. Climate change may make this a widespread problem.

Solar Orbiter's discovery of these jets, called "picoflares," could solve the mystery of how the sun keeps blasting Earth with charged particles.

NASA is working with private companies to come up with designs for commercial supersonic planes. It's also exploring tech to make sonic booms quieter.

The emperor penguin chicks most likely drowned or froze to death because they hadn't yet developed waterproof feathers, the BBC reported.

The video, captured by a digital doorbell, shows a bear followed by a cub enquiringly opening the door of a house in Half Moon Bay.

The Atlantic Ocean is widening every year because a mountain range under the water is a hotspot of geologic activity, according to a recent study.

Japan is releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the ocean. Some are concerned about the environmental impact but experts say it's safe.

Showering during a thunderstorm can be dangerous: There's a risk of electrocution from lightning via your plumbing, even if you're just doing laundry.

SpaceX has been sued by the DOJ for 'routinely' refusing to hire refugees for years and discouraged them from applying for jobs, the lawsuit claims.

Starship could take humans to the moon and Mars in the next decade, Elon Musk says. Here's everything to know ahead of its second crucial launch.

The hip bone was found in the Grotte du Renne in France, a cave considered by some to be the last bastion of Neanderthal culture in Western Europe.

For the first time, geneticists have completely sequenced the Y chromosome, the last to be fully mapped in the human genome.

5,000-year-old Maykop cauldrons of the Bronze Age have blood and milk proteins from cattle, sheep, or goats — evidence for what ancient meals included.

The discovery could change how we understand "the smallest to the largest objects in the universe," a co-author of the study said.

India beat Russia, the US and others in the race to land robots on the moon's south pole on Wednesday, a major achievement for their space program.

Comet Nishimura is already visible with small telescopes. If it survives the sun, it will be visible to the naked eye in a few weeks.