The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the conditions of early Earth could be simulated in a glass flask. New research finds the flask itself played an underappreciated, though outsize, role...
Fangs evolved over and over because of this groovy process
It may force energy shifts to repair and maintenance, which could slow aging and make us more available to care for younger generations
Synapse genes help cells to communicate in a sponge’s digestive chambers
New research uses night vision to see how nocturnal bees navigate the dark.
They sealed their love with dead bats. Now these researchers are on a mission to save India’s endangered chiropteran species together.
Ice age impressions in limestone show that human ancestors inhabited the area
The rodents’ personalities may help them to secure territory and avoid prey.
The eminent 19th-century physicist argued—wrongly, it turned out—that Earth wasn’t old enough to have let natural selection play out
The greater sac-winged bat develops its own language in much the way we do.
A molecule found in the retinas of European robins seems to be able to sense weak magnetic fields, such as that of Earth, after it is exposed to light.
Cooling 5,000-pound, armor-plated giants was no small feat.
New research finds they fly around on noise-cancelling wings
As museums reopen let’s introduce ourselves, and our children, to the original Black ancestors of all human beings
A new species emerged from three-dimensional x-rays of droppings left by a close dinosaur relative
A new project will create high-definition interactive models of 2,000 feathered flyers.
Research has solved a macabre mystery, and the finding could one day help efforts to catch human melanomas earlier
A study makes the case for the new species based on its looks, genes and sounds
Human children: please take note of the behavior of prebirth zebra finches
