The decision could force thousands of minors who crossed the border alone to go to court without a lawyer, leaving them ...

Octopuses are cephalopods that live in oceans around the world. They are also some of the most intelligent creatures on Earth ...

Two centuries after the Barbary Wars, America is once again fighting a war overseas to protect its shipping, as well as that ...

The birds spend most of their lives in the open ocean. Observing birds at sea is nearly impossible, so much about puffins remains a mystery. Ecologists like Erpur Snær Hansen, who leads a team at the ...

Warning signs about shifts in key food sources for fish are beginning to be observed in marine ecosystems worldwide.

U.S. District Court Judge James Bloasberg verbally issued an order that same day telling the government that the planes carrying the deportees must return to the United States. The U.S. government, ...

A New Zealand-based nonprofit announced the blobfish as the winner of its "Fish of the Year" vote, years after it was named ...

An extraordinary legal showdown took place last weekend over President Donald Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime ...

Asked whether the nation had reached a tipping point plunging it into a constitutional crisis, some legal scholars say that's ...

Rhythmic clicks, grunts and roars fill the Año Nuevo Island Reserve in California, home to a large breeding colony of ...

Two common snail species (Nucella lapillus and Littorina obtusata) have evolved in response to a major predator: the invasive ...

Even the darkest places, such as a cemetery surrounded by eternal night, do not look oppressive, but rather mysterious and ...