By Lobsang Gelek  TheDalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, has saidhe will discuss the details of his reincarnation when he turns...

A rare, nearly complete fossil of an extinct North American porcupine helped me and my colleagues solve a decades-long debate about how the modern...

The broad consensus is that many species are sentient. Humans have had relationships with their pets for thousands of years, talking to them,...

Gently holding a blackcap warbler in his palm, ornithologist Christos Barboutis blew on its feathers to reveal the size of its belly: a good indicator...

For Muslims who despair about the terrible state of the modern world, we have just learned that liquefied natural gas leaves a greenhouse gas...

A seed nearly a millennium old, dubbed "Sheba," has sprouted into a tree now standing at about 10 feet tall after being cultivated for 14 years....

Polytheistic religions are mainly focused on the many activities of the various Gods which are either timeless as in ancient Egypt, or are measured...

A study by the University of Barcelona has analysed the ability of red gorgonians (Paramuricea clavata), a key species for the Mediterranean marine...

A new study reveals that when people see objects, their brains think in many dimensions at once, not just by categorizing what they see. This...

A revised FSC Forest Stewardship Standard for Germany now expands to cover Christmas trees, venison, and other forest products. The standard becomes...