From riverbanks to shallow lakes, Spinosaurus combined display, biomechanics and hunting power in one of evolution’s strangest designs.

An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its translucent bell. By night that beat drops ...

Early in development, many animals pick a team—male or female—based on their genetics, and, with time, acquire the ...

Dancing uses overlooked senses and may tie to our deep evolutionary past. Knowing that can only make it more magical.

Scientists at KAIST have found a way to turn a tumor’s own immune cells into powerful cancer fighters—right inside the body.

As we age, our cells don’t just wear down—they reorganize. Researchers found that cells actively remodel a key structure called the endoplasmic reticulum, reducing protein-producing regions while ...

A Swiss Brown cow has been shown to use tools flexibly and deliberately, challenging long-standing assumptions about the cognitive limits of livestock. In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson introduced ...

A Portland reptile shop is blending yoga and snakes, drawing sold out crowds and raising questions about wellness, animal care, consent, and why calm pythons are sharing mats with humans.

How we interact with objects in the world often depends on what colors we perceive them to have, and on how those perceived colors accord with what we know to be the normal or 'canonical' colors of ...

Studies of pRB and E2F function in flies and worms share some important similarities that provide insight into the core activities of these proteins and show how a common regulatory module can control ...

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death, responsible for 1 in 5 deaths in the U.S. annually. A longtime smoking ...

Material objects communicate in a way that’s fundamentally different from everything else,” the artist says. “They tell you ...