An octopus rides on the back of a fast mako shark off the coast of New Zealand; a scientific video reveals an unusual ...

Japanese gardens like Kyoto’s Murin-an ease stress by guiding the eyes to wander. Researchers reveal how thoughtful design ...

Ants that sipped a sugar drop dipped in caffeine found it again more quickly on later trips, leaving a stronger scent trail ...

A particle that lacks the energy to climb a barrier can still appear on the far side, a curiosity known as “quantum tunneling ...

A 165-million-year-old femur has been discovered in Morocco, the oldest cerapodan fossil ever found. It is a key find for ...

Landscapes with heavy human pressure contain barely one-fifth of the species they could support according to a survey of ...

The science team behind Perseverance wanted to know whether that glow from the Mars aurora could be seen in the visible ...

Fossil discovery pushes the history of Australian tree frogs back 55 million years, reshaping our understanding of their ...

Periodic radio emissions have been discovered in a binary system of white and red dwarf stars with an orbit time of 125 ...

New research from Ohio State University reveals genetic differences in the heart's natural pacemaker between men and women.

National Endangered Species Day began in 2006 to raise awareness. The IUCN Red List includes over 41,000 endangered species.

New simulation of magnetic turbulence helps scientists study star formation, space weather, and the forces shaping our galaxy ...