The Japanese earthquake and tsunami remind us that we exist in geologic time and in a world where catastrophic events beyond our predicting may occur. These events — and the growing specter of climate ...

By one calculation, spending on AI accounted for 92 percent of America’s GDP growth in the first half of 2025. This year, a ...

Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals. A new study is the first to document cooperative hunting between orcas and ...

We could all use a buddy to help us track down dinner from time to time. Sarah Fortune, a marine ecologist at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, and her colleagues used drones and camera-equipped ...

Head lice don’t spread disease and aren’t considered a health hazard, according to the CDC, but they’re still gross, annoying and on the rise as kids head back to school. These tiny parasitic insects ...

Live lice eggs are typically white to light brown, while dead lice eggs appear darker, often brown or black. Dead lice eggs remain attached to the hair shaft until they are manually removed or the ...

With all the splashing, it was hard to tell what was happening under water. As the orcas surfaced to take a breath, dolphins were darting around their heads, but the water was so murky that the ...

Scientists have captured rare footage of killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins hunting together near the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Despite their common name 'killer whale', orca are ...