A recent research has found that the Humble fungi has played crucial role in formation of Oxygen-rich environment in Earth by mining phosphorus for powering photosynthesis in plants.
A recent study found that the melting East Antarctica ice sheets would result in an increase in the global sea levels. The study also found that the ice sheets had been shrinking and expanding through the course of its history.
After the ravage caused by Urduja, the possibility of a new storm named Vinta before Christmas has set residents of Philippines on tenterhooks.
A new study of the genome of Sumatran rhinoceros has revealed that the species has been close to extinction since the end of the Ice Age, hanging on a thread to dear life.
Icy winds were blowing across the Uttar Pradesh capital and neighbouring areas on Saturday, bringing down the mercury.
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia's West Java province on Friday night, the Indonesian Meteorological Agency said. No casualty or damage has, however, been reported.
Recently, the photo of a huge flesh-eating Australian tarantula has been making news; let's found out some weird and creepy facts about the gigantic spider.
The UN has warned about the health and environmental dangers from the processing of e-waste -- the discarded electronic and electrical material -- by the informal sector in India without proper safeguards.
Depression Urduja is set to turn into a tropical storm before it hits the Philippines province Eastern Samar on December 15, leading to tropical cyclone warning signal being issued over several areas.
As London is seeing snowfall weeks before Christmas, the Met Office reveals the chances of a white Christmas in several cities.
NOAA has stated that the North Atlantic right whales will be extinct in one year due to human activities if immediate conservation measures are not taken.
A strange phenomenon has been observed in South Africa where corpses of great white sharks have been periodically appearing washed up on beaches with a hole behind their pectoral fins.
Deep forests surrounding the city complemented by emission control measures provide the complete answer to Delhi's air pollution.
It was a cold morning here on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average.
The largest Thomas fire is now advancing towards Santa Barbara, with people rushing to evacuate and save their lives, if not property.