Learn about the new method for dating fossil sites that measures isotopes in calcified dinosaur eggshells.

Learn how Hawaiian monk seals produce 25 distinct underwater calls, and may even combine them to communicate.

Learn how to catch the 2025 Leonid meteor shower this November, and why this particular shower holds a legendary place in skywatching history.

Learn more about the surprisingly well-preserved fossilized dinosaur egg uncovered in South America and what it could tell us about dinosaur nesting and bird evolution.

Discover how tracing space dust in Arctic seafloor sediment can help us understand how ice coverage changed over millennia, without the need for satellites.

Learn how a small section in Neanderthals' DNA gave them a lower jaw that was much larger than human jaws. 

Learn how coiled optic nerves, unlike any seen in other reptiles, give chameleons their extraordinary field of view.

Learn why shortness of breath may be the body sending a final SOS and how taking the quiet symptom seriously could help lower the risk of death.

Learn how a small but steady source of warmth under Enceladus is reshaping what scientists think about where life can survive.

Learn more about the juvenile fish that carry sea anemones like weapons or shields to ward off predators.

Learn whether or not science backs the claims that sourdough bread can help with everything from your blood pressure to your gut microbiome.

Is a sun a star or a planet? While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define solar objects.

Learn why food can contain both good and bad bacteria. Here’s the difference, and how to avoid the bad ones.

Learn how rainy and cold weather may be linked with joint pain, impacting those with arthritis or other musculoskeletal conditions.

Detected in three drug samples during community checks, the little-known opioid cychlorphine may be as potent as fentanyl, with its true effects still unknown.

Prehistoric trees like Ginkgo and monkey-puzzles still have close relatives that go back at least to the time of the dinosaurs.

Learn how three new toad species from Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains evolved to skip the tadpole stage — revealing one of nature’s rarest reproductive strategies.

Learn more about the discovery of the electron and why J.J. Thomson often gets the credit. 

Learn about the collection of ritualistic items unearthed at the largest and oldest known Maya monument, Aguada Fénix. 

Learn how super recognizers don’t memorize extra details but instinctively focus on the most telling facial features, a skill now helping train better recognition software.

Learn more about the “Marree Man,” a gigantic geoglyph carved into the Australian outback whose creator still remains a mystery.

Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

Learn how nanobodies from camels and llamas could unlock safer, more precise treatments for Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia.

The world’s smallest neural implant is powered and connected entirely by light, opening new possibilities for long-term brain monitoring.