Middle-earth has some of the scariest fantasy creatures in storytelling, and Tolkien's creatures have come to terrifying life ...

But who are these "gods," as the Men of Middle-earth might call them ... Orcs, and other dark creatures. Interestingly, most of the Valar are married (save for Ulmo and Nienna), which is an ...

Though no one may be around to hear when a tree falls in the forest, countless critters take note. Dormant fungi within the tree awaken to feast on it, joined by others that creep up from the soil.

When we talk about mass extinction events, the first case that usually comes to mind is when an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million ... “These were predatory animals that fed on fishes ...

Fascinating caves, an opera house and hot springs galore. The historic communities of Shoshone and Tecopa have much more to ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

Last week, science delivered a really cute experimental result. Researchers created a “colossal woolly mouse,” a fluffy ...

A century-long childhood might seem like science fiction, but Greenland sharks are the longest-living vertebrate on Earth ... the biology of other long-lived animals, like the naked mole rat. “ ...

The film adaptations of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are epic and thrilling, but which is the most ...