Elizabeth Rayne

Which living and extinct animals have the strongest bite forces on record?

You can't watch Earth spin in real time because it rotates so slowly, but there are ways to see the effects of the planet's rotation.

If you have the right vantage point, a rainbow might look circular. Here's the science behind why some rainbows look like arches and others don't.

There is only one specimen of the rarest mineral on Earth, and it's from Myanmar.

The largest hot desert and cold desert in the world are anything but boring and barren.

Bats vibrate special vocal folds to produce low-pitched growls like those of death metal singers.

The universe may be vast, but researchers have multiple points of evidence that reveal its shape.

The universe is about 13.8 billion years old, but how do we know that?

What is the deadliest month for people living in the United States?

Do astronomers know which star is the oldest and which is the youngest in the universe? How can they tell?

Here's what made the "man in the moon" and why these "facial" geological features are here to stay.

Here are the measurements for the deepest depths in each of the world's five oceans, and a look at the unique animals that live in these deep zones.

Solar storms can mess with Earth, but can they kick up a tsunami?