She was Jacques Chirac's wife, but above all she was a woman of character. Bernadette Chirac used to invoke the biblical saying: "No one knows the day or hour." She seemed to entrust the thread of her ...

Research has revealed how bacteria rely on circadian clocks to control the spread of their multicellular colonies. The ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance when they recognized the signal. After a magnetic pulse briefly disrupted ...

Happy Beach Dancing gathers each Saturday night for a party near Carlin Park in Jupiter. Environmentalists say the dances ...

“How old do turtles get?” is a question many have pondered, likely even before the Disney cult film “Finding Nemo.” In the film, the green sea turtle Crush is a full 150 years old and talks with ...

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

Professional python hunter Amy Siewe recently posted a video on her Facebook page showing her cutting open a snake's egg to ...

The first recognizable bedside alarm clock was patented in 1876 by the Seth Thomas Clock Company—the same firm (he added, shamelessly grasping for a local angle) that built the tower clock atop ...

Russell Group university promises students, from chemical engineering to classics, ‘meaningful real-world experience’ A leading UK university is promising work placements to all undergraduates ...

An endangered turtle species found only in several small areas of Mexico and a habitat in Arizona may soon lose its last refuge in the United States. Michael Bogan, who leads the team, said the stakes ...

I have accomplished the unthinkable: I have learned to sleep soundly through the night without my phone at my bedside. Please, hold your applause. If it weren’t for the Dreamie alarm clock, I’m not ...

The Sonoyta mud turtle has just one remaining refuge in the U.S. Now, scientists say they've been told to "prepare for the worst" as border wall construction moves closer NPS Wildlife officials are ...