A new study of chimpanzees suggests that early hominids evolved upright, two-legged walking to carry valuable resources away from competitors
I have glimpsed the future. And it is teeming with creepy crawly cyborgs
This ray uses its toothed rostrum not only to detect its next meal, but also to attack and impale its prey
How do scientists know how many wolves are out there? Listen to how they howl, and then count how many wolves howl back
North American camels went extinct at the end of the last ice age. Were humans partly to blame?
When filming for a 1924 silent Western was finished, the crew members abandoned several of their extras
Why do we love what is rare and despise what is all around us?
New research into a long-puzzling feature of avian life shows there's more to color than meets the eye
The world's leading expert on bee behavior discovers the secrets of decision-making in a swarm
A new study in pygmy hippos shows that males can influence the sex ratio of their offspring
A newly identified brain circuit could be responsible for driving innate fear responses in many species
A new crowd-sourced project aims to identify and evaluate pathways that connect bits of wildlife habitat
With nothing but numbers, logic and some basic know-how, the inventor of the Turing Test explained how to make a stripe
There are reasons to be very positive about this result, but also reasons to be very cautious
A powerful magnetic field counteracted Earth's gravity and disrupted gene expression during development
The sponge-like organisms date back to about 760 million years ago, extending the known time span of animals by 17 percent
The giant oceanic birds are producing more and plumper chicks, at least for now
Scientists use X-rays to classify different species, but when viewed outside the lab, the images provide stunning art
The native people knew what orcas ate, how they hunted prey, how the prey responded to the whales and when and where predation occurred
A study in birds confirms that protective caps on chromosomes predict a longer lifespan
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