A scientist, a jar of pickles and a power strip walk into a room. The punchline involves physics, glowing condiments and a ...

Samples collected at daring heights provide evidence for an untested theory of tree drought adaptation, while countering ...

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s latest exhibit, “From These Lands,” connects visitors with America’s natural history ...

Analysis of 3,000 incidents in Canada reveals which animal–human activity combos are especially risky. Of note: Elk and ...

Starving cancerous tumors of oxygen was proposed to help kill them. But the approach can make some cancer cells more ...

Fake, painted decoys suggest immature coloring acts as a social signal, reducing aggression from territorial nesting gulls.

No creature is spared the ravages of disease. For bees, American foulbrood is as ghastly as it sounds: the bacterium that ...

Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the ...

Aquatic life is facing a surge in chemical pollution as drugs, including pharmaceuticals and illicit substances, make their ...

The debate between remote versus in-office work is increasingly looking like a false dichotomy. While remote work reduces ...

At that stage they aren’t very good at cannibalism, but if a would-be Hulk manages to capture one of its siblings or cousins ...

Now, scientists have discovered that the California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) can also learn to use mirrors, ...