Learn how the newly identified crocodile Crocodylus lucivenator lived alongside Lucy’s species in ancient Ethiopia — and why researchers say it may have been the region’s most dangerous predator.

Learn how bumble bee queens can stay alive underwater for over a week by minimizing their metabolism and saving energy.

Learn how comparing aggression in chimpanzees and bonobos challenges the long-held belief that chimpanzees are the more violent of our closest ape relatives.

Learn how a newly identified mushroom species may reveal the evolutionary origins of Psilocybe cubensis, the world’s most widely cultivated magic mushroom.

​Learn more about how some snakes can use physics to propel themselves upright and what this technique could inspire for the future. 

Learn how severe respiratory illness leaves the lungs vulnerable to cancer, and how vaccines could prevent these vulnerabilities.

Learn how ALMA observations revealed unusually high levels of methanol in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and what the molecule’s chemistry may reveal about how icy bodies form around other stars.

Learn how tymoviruses infect crop plants, where these ancient plant viruses originated, and how humans have increased their spread.

Learn how ancient DNA and isotope analysis revealed that Amazon parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru in a pre-Inca trade network.

Raccoons continued exploring a multi-access puzzle box long after finding the treat, showing their urban success may stem from their drive to learn.

Learn how drone footage revealed narrow-ridged finless porpoises interacting with and possibly caring for calves that aren’t their own.

Learn about two marsupial species discovered in New Guinea that were thought to have been extinct for 6,000 years.

Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.

 Learn more about why hip fractures can be so deadly for elderly patients. 

Learn how scientists identified genetic clues that distinguish natural viral spillovers from lab-handled viruses — and why one historical outbreak of 1977 surprised them.

Learn how a deep-sea detector helped trace the most energetic neutrino ever detected to distant blazars.

Learn more about Ann Hodges, the first and perhaps only person known to have been struck by a meteorite. 

Learn how fossils from Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park revealed that a Late Triassic crocodile relative may have started life on four legs before walking on two as an adult.

Learn more about the growing concern that the current research on microplastics in human bodies may not be fully accurate.

Learn how scientists were able to confirm that asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032, and will instead pass by safely. 

Learn more about the different types of noise sensitivities and the treatment options available. 

Tracking over 600,000 veterans shows that GLP-1 receptor agonists are linked to lower rates of substance use disorders, fewer overdoses, and fewer addiction-related hospital visits.

Learn more about a global survey that showed Gen Z men are twice as likely as Baby Boomers to support traditional gender roles.

Learn how citizen scientists helped scientists measure the deadly impact of the Great Texas Freeze on purple martins.