When it comes to sex appeal, it's not all in your genes (it's also in your proteins!)
Get out your binoculars—birds are making their annual trek north
King Kong's biggest enemy isn’t humans—it’s the laws of physics
At a new Smithsonian exhibition, the skulls of “Limbo” and “Green Lady” have a story to tell
How does the desert-dwelling oryx survive a body temperature that would kill other mammals? The answer lies in a panting mechanism
For lions hunting buffalo in the Manyeleti, calculation is always at play: An adult male buffalo may be harder to bring down
Ground squirrels in the Kalahari have devised a remarkable method to guarantee portable shade: they use their tails as umbrellas
The story of Jacques Cinq-Mars and the Bluefish Caves shows how toxic atmosphere can poison scientific progress
A nonprofit called Ocearch is naming tagged sharks and giving them Twitter and Instagram accounts to ease fears and aid in conservation
The journey of the Kirtland’s warbler is discovered thanks to a combination of the latest tiny technology and centuries-old solar location methods
A cheetah mother caring for her cubs stumbles across an opportunity too good to pass up: a herd of springbok, grazing casually nearby
Male seahorses are the ones who carry children and give birth. And when they do, they can produce up to 2,000 babies at one time
Our iron emissions from coal and steel may be fuelling ocean life, and trapping carbon in the process
Sophisticated microscopes, satellites and other instruments can create stunning images in experts’ hands
Tourists flock to this coastal Alaskan town to photograph the vulnerable icons—raising hairy ethical questions
In Yellowstone, elk calves are left unprotected by their herd and are the easiest prey for wolves to catch. Luckily, the newborns have no scent
With populations plummeting, researchers race to understand a beloved but enigmatic animal
Turtles retract their heads for protection, but new research suggests that ability evolved for an entirely different reason
Today’s explorers and scientists are identifying new species at a rate that would’ve amazed Charles Darwin
Scientists have discovered the world's only group of fish that has this unbelievable ability
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