Birds add fresh greenery to their nests, but scientists still cannot explain why it helps their young
Sooty mangabeys bend the middle of their feet nearly as much as chimpanzees bend their ankles while climbing
Europe’s hyaenodonts did not disappear when rival predators expanded—they survived for millions of years
Long-overlooked museum fossils uncovered an extinct toad that disappeared as Southern California’s climate changed
A black hole’s brightest outburst ended with a powerful cool wind that may have carried away as much matter as the black hole could swallow
After Nearly 80 Years of Mistaken Identity, Eight Elusive Deep-Water Fishes Turned Out Not to Be Seahorses at All
Nearly Complete Gobi Desert Fossil Overturns 40 Years of Ancient Mammal Evolution Built on Teeth Alone
520-Million-Year-Old Fossil From South China Preserves the Earliest Known Cephalopod Siphuncle, Bridging a 30-Million-Year Evolutionary Gap
Even active gene enhancers spent much of their time hidden inside nucleosomes, with single-molecule measurements showing the typical enhancer was fully accessible in only about 48% of DNA molecules at any given moment
When researchers noticed that three ancient skulls were unusually lopsided, they found themselves looking not at how these humans lived or died, but at what their first months of life may have been like
Scientists uncovered traces of two ancient human lineages that left no sequenced genomes behind, yet fragments of their DNA are still being carried by people today
Buried just five feet apart for 40,000 years, two miniature ivory birds reveal an Ice Age artist capturing one bird at rest and another with its wings spread
1.43-Million-Year-Old Footprints in Kenya Reveal Surprisingly Large Early Hominins, Unusual Walking Mechanics, and Possible Evidence of Adult Males Traveling Together
Discovery of Enlarged Spinal Openings in Three Extinct Smilodon Fossils Suggests Rare Neurological Tumors Affected Ice Age Predators Near the End of the Pleistocene
Ancient Australian Fossil Rewrites the Family Tree of Marsupial Predators With the Earliest Known True Dasyurid Ever Found
Whale Sharks Display Remarkably Flexible Feeding Strategies That May Help Them Thrive in Nutrient-Poor Tropical Seas
May 2024 Solar Storm Exposed Gaps in Britain’s Power Grid, Satellite Safety, and Space Weather Forecasting, Scientists Say
