Learn how the answer behind why female caribou have antlers lies in how shed antlers provide a nutritional lifeline to a famous migratory group of Arctic caribous.

Learn how the tiny dinosaur fossil from Patagonia reshapes alvarezsaur evolution and their unusual digging claws.

Learn how reseachers are working to engineer certain bacteria to consume tumors. 

Learn more about procrastination, the emotions we feel about it, and how we can trick our minds into not delaying tasks. 

Learn more about the total lunar eclipse and full blood moon on March 3, 2026. 

Learn how a dolphin named Mimmo settled in Venice’s San Marco Basin, and why its greatest threat may be humans.

Learn how urine tests revealed that wild chimpanzees metabolize alcohol from naturally fermented fruit, and what that could mean for human evolution.

Learn more about the cutting-edge technology that enables 3D printing inside living cells and what that means for the bioengineering of tomorrow.

Learn about one of the largest massacres in prehistoric Europe, revealing how violence shaped Iron Age conflicts over territory.

Learn about Punch, the baby macaque who has gone viral, and what it teaches us about attachment.

Learn how octopuses use microbial signals to detect rotten food and unviable eggs.

Researchers have solved a decades-old mystery about how the body senses cold — and why menthol feels cool — paving the way for new treatments for pain, migraines, and dry eyes.

Learn how researchers analyzed 3,000 Paleolithic symbols to uncover structured information comparable to early writing systems.

Learn how echolocation has shaped the skulls of bats that emit high-frequency sounds through their mouths and noses.

Learn how Triassic marine amphibian fossils from the Kimberley region in Australia reveal rapid global dispersal after the end-Permian mass extinction.

Learn about the different ways mammals descended from trees and what this can tell us about early primate evolution.

Learn how supermassive black holes may be suppressing star formation in nearby galaxies. 

Learn more about the microbes that consume plastic and how they could one day help clean up our environment. 

Learn about the archaeological site of 'Ubeidiya, now confirmed as one of the oldest areas that humans occupied outside of Africa. 

Learn how a Tyrannosaurus tooth embedded in fossil bone from the Hell Creek Formation is helping researchers reconstruct a prehistoric encounter.

A previously unknown virus may be the key to assessing the risk of colorectal cancer and improving diagnosis.

Learn how cleaner wrasse used a mirror and even dropped food to test their reflections, a behavior linked mostly to mammals.

Learn more about “boomerang” earthquakes and why scientists say they may be more common than previously believed.

Learn more about why the human population seems to be in decline and what that could mean for the future.