The Wallace Line divides species in Southeast Asia. A deep ocean trench prevents animal migration. Even flying birds rarely ...

We often think of tool use as a uniquely human skill, but scientists have discovered that several animal species use tools to ...

Consciousness is a private affair. We can only infer that others have conscious experiences like we do, for essentially three ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

A new study reveals how AI-driven deep learning models can decode the genetic regulatory switches that define brain cell ...

But, alas, the mosasaurs were not dinosaurs. As with plesiosaurs, the biggest giveaway is its habitat: “With the exception of ...

Almost 200 nations have signed an ambitious agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss but none is on track to meet the ...

Whether humans are singular among animals in their use of complex language remains a hot topic among scientists in many fields. Rockefeller University researchers Robert B. Darnell and Erich D. Jarvis ...

THE Edinburgh Science Festival is returning to Scotland’s capital city this April with the theme Spaceship Earth.

Olney, Illinois, has taken steps to protect an iconic mammal from domesticated felines, setting a possible model for other ...

A group of experts consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things — and ourselves.