The mummified Güldenstaedt's White-toothed shrew adds to scientists’ understanding of climate in the region more than 2000 years ago
A colossus of the sky, the bird of prey was nearly gone when biologists rescued it from extinction. Then came a terrible new challenge
Researchers are investigating how some species live unexpectedly long lives in order to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.
These delicacies, harvested in an experiment in North Carolina, have food-lovers and farmers ravenous for more
Beyond Dinosaurs: The Secrets of Earth's Past
On view at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, this specimen of the extinct species unlocks an evolutionary mystery
New research reveals how one of Earth’s defining geologic features likely formed—and set the stage for the emergence of life
A study in North Carolina of dying trees may represent a foreboding preview of what may come to coastal ecosystems worldwide
A new subgenre of science fiction leans on the expertise of biologists and ecologists to imagine a scientifically plausible future Earth
A handful of companies are trying vastly different approaches to spin animal studies into the next big anti-aging therapy
The elusive Bornean Rajah scops owl is inspiring scientists and researchers after its brief rediscovery
A group of scientists say the phenomenon could indicate dark matter speeding through our world at more than 300 miles a second
The National Museum of Natural History’s herbarium is helping botanists research climate-driven changes in plants, their biology and their abundance
Psychologist Susan Turk Charles talks about findings that reveal the elderly have higher emotional well-being
They lacked the gargantuan size and spikes of the species museums often celebrate, but these species are how paleontologists learn about the Mesozoic
A short list of the amazing changes and behaviors that transform both humans and animals on the journey of motherhood
Bonnethead sharks swam in the direction of their home waters when placed in a tank charged with an electromagnetic field
The unearthing of a tiny child suggests Africa’s Stone Age humans sometimes practiced funerary rites and had symbolic thoughts about death
What will animals think of the impending bug buffet?
Paleobiologists use fossil plants to reconstruct Earth’s past climate and inform climate change research today.
As the U.S. anticipates a vaccinated summer, historians say measuring the impact of the 1918 influenza on the uproarious decade that followed is tricky
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