Elizabeth Goldbaum

The armored husk of a Confederate warship is being raised out of the depths of a Georgia river, 150 years after the ship's crew deliberately sunk it.

A lake straddling the California-Oregon border looks like an empty swimming pool in new photos taken from space.

Forr the first time, scientists have sequenced the genome of the eight-legged rock star, revealing how its complex noggin evolved.

Beer's essential ingredient, yeast, has a fascinating evolutionary story that begins in a cave more than 500 years ago.

Some butterfly species could disappear from southern Britain in the next 35 years if climate change and habitat loss continue, according to new research.

Photos of butterflies that will likely go extinct by 2050 in southern Britain if their habitats aren't preserved and droughts worsen.

A zap of lightning can change the very structure of a rock, new research shows.

Giant rocks stacked in seemingly gravity-defying poses could indicate that earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault can jump to another major fault in Southern California.

Jon Stewart's final episode as host of "The Daily Show" airs tonight, August 6, after 16 years on-air. Here are 7 times he got the science right.

The high-profile disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 remains a mystery — but the recent discovery of a possible wing part points to an ocean landing, raising hopes for a resolution.

More than half of Americans now try to avoid drinking soda, a new Gallup poll finds.

New photos taken from space show the significant snow loss this year atop Mount Baker, in Washington state.

A posthumously published Dr. Seuss book released July 28 called "What Pet Should I Get" brings back the whimsical, rhyming delight of the "Seussian" world.

Jia Jia, a female giant panda, recently set new Guinness World Records for being the oldest panda in captivity. Here are photos of Jia Jia and her fellow pandas at Ocean Park in Hong Kong.

A female panda in Hong Kong celebrated her 37th birthday today (July 28), becoming the oldest panda in captivity, and setting two new Guinness World Records in the process.

The ashy peak of a volcano stands out amid a snowy scene, hinting at a recent eruption, in newly released images from NASA.

Concentric circles of rocky hills and valleys in South Africa tell a story of a billion-year-old collapsed volcano in newly released photos from NASA.

Pope Francis' popularity among Americans may be waning, according to a new Gallup poll.

A century-long puzzle over how delicate strands of glistening ice burst through rotting tree branches, like heads of hair, is closer to being solved.

The unique strands of "hair ice" pop out of rotting tree branches with help from cold-tolerant fungi.

A 1,500-year-old parchment could be one of the oldest known copies of the Quran, possibly dating back to a time that overlapped with the life of the Prophet Muhammad.

Puddles make water easier to spot and wipe up, but the traditional laws of physics say water should spread indefinitely. So why doesn't it?

A burned 1,500-year-old Hebrew scroll found on the shore of the Dead Sea was recently deciphered, 45 years after archaeologists discovered it.