Millions of years after animals first conquered land, some took an extraordinary evolutionary U-turn and returned to the water. Using…

For nearly a century, people in distant parts of the world have reported a bizarre experience after eating certain wild…

Tiny snakes in Southeast Asia have mastered an extraordinary escape technique: rolling across the ground at speeds up to four…

A 150-million-year-old fossil discovered in China reveals a bizarre early bird with sharp teeth, a dinosaur-like claw, and a body…

Scientists have uncovered a strange pattern in urban bird behavior: Across five European countries and 37 species, birds consistently fled…

Honeybees are aggressively pushing wild pollinators away from flowers, with scientists documenting how they chase off rivals and dominate valuable…

Scientists have discovered why common marmosets have unusually small, smooth brains despite starting development much like other primates. The secret…

Deep inside a high-altitude Chinese cave, scientists discovered a ghostly, eyeless freshwater snail that has evolved to live entirely in…

Scientists have identified the “fattest” belemnite ever discovered, a bizarre, barrel-shaped squid relative that lived in Wyoming’s ancient seas 160…

Archaeologists have discovered 1,200-year-old remains of Peru’s famous hairless dogs at an ancient Wari Empire burial site, including remarkably preserved…

Stanford scientists have developed a revolutionary microscope that reveals the hidden inner workings of living cells in real time, without…

A substance found in edible sea squirts appeared to reverse several signs of aging in older mice. Plasmalogen supplements improved…

Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed. The…

Dogs and humans may have more in common when it comes to aging than scientists realized. Researchers with the Dog…

Dogs may understand our emotions more deeply than scientists realized. Brain scans show that happy human faces activate regions in…

Dogs may understand our emotions more deeply than scientists realized. Brain scans show that happy human faces activate regions in…