
Fossils Show How Shovel-Beaked Dinosaurs Grew
A collection of tiny skull bones offers new insights to the early life of Edmontosaurus

Fossils Show How Shovel-Beaked Dinosaurs Grew
A collection of tiny skull bones offers new insights to the early life of Edmontosaurus

Bird Embryos Vibrate to Warn One Another of Danger before They Hatch
The egg-bound developing animals are more attuned to the outside world than previously thought


Investigating the Zombie Ant’s “Death Grip”
Researchers dissected the jaws of ants infected with the Ophiocordyceps fungus to determine how the fungus hijacks the ants' behavior. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Ancient Mongolian Nests Show Dinosaurs Protected Their Eggs
The fossils provide the first clear example of group nesting activities in dinosaurs

The Urgency of Agency
Our consciousness gets in the way of thinking about evolution

Sloths Climb a New Evolutionary Tree
Analysis of ancient genes changes what researchers expected about giant sloth evolution

Her Nobel Research Outshines Her Star Turn

A Strange Dinosaur’s Unusual Strut
A newly named dinosaur balanced on one toe of each foot

Extinct 11-Foot “Super-Ostrich” Was as Massive as a Polar Bear
The giant bird roamed Europe more than two million years ago

Going Barefoot Is Good for the Sole
Walking without shoes builds calluses, but that does not limit sensation

Bone Up on What’s Inside You
Author and self-described fossil fanatic Brian Switek talks about his new book Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone.

Science News Briefs from around the World
A few brief reports about international science and technology from Canada to Kenya, including one about how humans thousands of years ago in what is now Argentina butchered and presumably ate giant ground sloths.