On January 13, when an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica’s immense George VI Ice Shelf, scientists in a nearby research vessel did something nobody had ever done.

A Russian scientist who works at Harvard University’s Medical School has spent the last six weeks in immigration detention and is facing possible deportation after undeclared frog embryo samples ...

Before Watson and Crick basked in Nobel glory, before The Double Helix mythologized their genius, there was the photo. Photo 51 — crisp, clear, and groundbreaking — captured by Dr. Rosalind Franklin, ...

Scientists believe that 8.7 million species of animals in the world have so far been classified. And, despite their best efforts, it’s estimated that there are still 5 million species to be described.