Like a bendy straw, an ancient insect’s folded mouthparts may have flexed without collapsing, revealing...
Electrons inside a diamond have given a floating, centimeter-sized device a quantum nudge, opening a...
An algal protein helped scientists reactivate a fear memory in mice, turning light into a...
Once pushed to the brink, giant tortoises on a Seychelles atoll now outnumber the country’s...
Snow drought and record warmth have pushed Lake Powell to its lowest level on record,...
Fossils of a newly recognized Egyptian crocodile species come from the same rocks as the...
A newly identified giant isopod species offers clues to how these deep-sea crustaceans spread around...
Some of Chernobyl’s radioactive debris is more resilient than scientists expected, offering clues to when...
Scientists exploring the brain’s “blue place” discovered the longest neuron ever measured in a mouse...
Satellite measurements of Nicaragua’s Masaya volcano suggest magma is entering one reservoir as another drains,...
People with type 2 diabetes and highly variable systolic blood pressure had nearly triple the...
Yellowstone’s wolves helped reduce elk numbers, but tree recovery remained limited, challenging the popular story...
Scientists expected Zimbabwe’s fossil beds to yield familiar South African dinosaurs, but the newly named...
A NASA astronaut captured a stunning 600-million-year-old rock formation in Madagascar that shares a surprising...
Researchers have found the trigger behind a powerful bacterial defense against viruses. Viruses that prey on...