Scientific American

Dogs spontaneously aid struggling humans the way young children do—whereas cats wait until they stand to benefit

Angine de Poitrine don't abide by the usual rules of Western music, using their own custom-built guitar to strike notes that shouldn't exist

A step-by-step guide to the “Doginburgh Inventory,” a new pawedness test developed by dog behavior researchers

Dermatologists and skincare aficionados are excited for the U.S. to finally get a new, more protective sunscreen filter after more than 20 years of regulatory roadblocks. Here’s how bemotrizinol works

Billions of emerging insects will likely trigger predator population surges—but some species mysteriously opt out of such bounties

The fossilized remains of more than 450 whales have amassed along a 750-mile-long stretch of the Indian Ocean floor