The goodwill and generosity of our public school families and sites is sometimes nothing short of remarkable. For example, consider the Ruby Bridges Elementary School science camp. Every year, the ...

Traces of ancient life were locked inside a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby from Greenland, according to a new study. The planet's oldest rubies, sparkling red gemstones made up of a transparent red mineral ...

After its discovery in the form of remains two years ago, researchers have finally found ruby seadragons off the coast of Australia. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Gem hunters have always been natural geologists, seeking the mother lode long before researchers ...

Australian researchers have observed two specimens of a rare sea dragon that's never before been seen alive. Sea dragons aren't very common, found in the waters off the coast of southern Australia.

A performance of Moss Anthology#5 for Buglisi Dance Theatre (left). Ruby, an endangered Burmese roofed turtle who lives at a turtle sanctuary in New Jersey (right). Hisae Aihara/Martin Broen Get the ...