Over 150 captive-bred, juvenile tortoises have been released in coordination with a landmark ecological restoration project ...

A supermassive black hole in J1007+3540 has roared back to life after 100 million years, firing jets across nearly one million light years and revealing a turbulent battle inside a galaxy cluster.

For the first time in more than 180 years, giant tortoises are walking on Floreana Island in the Galápagos.

For the first time in 180 years, descendants of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise are reclaiming their ancestral homeland. But scientists required a cutting-edge tool to identify the ideal location ...

For the first time in 180 years, descendants of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise are reclaiming their ancestral homeland.

Variety Cruises’ roots go back to 1968 when historian Diogenis Venetopoulos launched week-long Classical Greece sailings on a ...

Decades of Careful Breeding: Scientists used those surviving descendants to start a careful “back-breeding” program. The 158 juveniles released on Feb. 20 carry between 40 percent and 80 percent of ...

Whether you're a runner, a movie buff, or just looking for some fun, there's something for everyone to do in Minnesota this ...

“Geoneutrinos are a type of antineutrino produced by radioactive decays happening inside the Earth. By measuring geoneutrinos, we can measure the chemical composition of the planet,” explains Alex ...

Water ice on Mars, bubbling gas on a distant star, a snow-covered island, and a pre-planetary nebula are featured this week. Plus, a look back at an image of Mars taken by the Dawn spacecraft during a ...

Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The ...