Learn more about the unique structure of elephant whiskers that allows them to pick up something as fragile as a tortilla chip and not break it. These delicate whiskers could soon inspire advanced robotics. 

Learn how the chin became an evolutionary byproduct that's unique to humans. 

Learn how ancient DNA reveals migrant women helped Europe’s hunter-gatherers adopt farming thousands of years later than the rest of the continent.

Learn more about the hidden side of the U.S. frog trade, where undocumented species and import loopholes raise new conservation concerns.

Learn how medieval Denmark’s burial practices reveal that leprosy and tuberculosis patients were not excluded from prestigious church graves.

Learn about the bear attack that may have killed "Il Principe," a prehistoric teenager whose skeleton was found in a lavish burial site.

Learn how dozens of galaxies may have merged into a giant galaxy shortly after the Big Bang.

Learn how the comb jelly is taking over the Mediterranean, threatening local marine life and expected to only worsen with a changing climate.

Learn how ancient bird poop boosted corn harvests and helped turn the Chincha Kingdom into a powerful coastal society.

Learn more about the science behind Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall, which glows like fire every February, and will return between Feb. 10 and Feb. 26, 2026.

Learn more about the Bergstrom site in Montana, which was abandoned by bison hunters in response to their changing climate.

Learn how a second pair of eyes helped this 518-million-year-old fish evade predators.

Learn about the Amsterdam Island cows, who against all odds took over a subantarctic ocean island deep in the southern Indian Ocean.

Learn more about Tyrannoroter heberti, a football-shaped land vertebrate who may have enjoyed snacking on plants.

Learn how an ancient fish gene was repurposed to shape the anatomy of human hands.

Learn how boar populations in Fukushima’s evacuation zone are evolving rapidly after mating with abandoned domesticated pigs.

Learn how a fever-related molecule activates emotional brain circuits, which intensify chills and drive warmth-seeking behavior during infection.

Learn about a new Kreutz sungrazing comet that could be lighting up our skies come April 2026.

Learn about HD 137010 b, a cold Earth‑sized planet candidate that sits near the outer edge of its star’s habitable zone.

Learn how some of Earth’s magnetic field flips last longer than others, weakening our defenses against cosmic radiation.

Learn how our brains store images that help us achieve flashes of insight when looking at seemingly incomprehensible visual tests. 

Learn how forged ownership documents uncovered the illegal export of an ancient Egyptian sculpture from Luxor and triggered an international investigation.

Learn more about the sapo concho, also known as the Puerto Rican crested toad, that’s been featured in some of Bad Bunny’s latest work, and how spotlighting this little amphibian could help conservation efforts.

Learn how expanding satellite megaconstellations in low Earth orbit could introduce widespread light pollution into space telescope observations.