This 375-million-year-old fish, the closest known relative of the ancestors of limbed animals such as humans, likely evolved the foundation for rear legs even before the move to land, researchers say.

Weighing over 8,000 pounds, male elephant seals are among the largest seals on Earth and use their massive size to assert ...

A study on worms led by researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the US has uncovered a previously ...

Genetic research uncovers two hidden pangolin species, revealing how illegal wildlife trade may be driving unknown animals ...

Have you ever witnessed an animal seemingly frozen in place with a sneer on their face? This likely isn’t the result of an ...

A strange worm never seen before has been discovered in the Great Salt Lake, defying science and the local ecosystem.

For 165 years, the giant fossil Prototaxites taiti puzzled scientists. Standing 26 feet tall, it may belong to an unknown ...

People are falling for AI videos of elephants saving tigers and it is completely distorting our understanding of how nature actually works.

Some dinosaurs were scaly, some were covered in bony plates of armor, and others were even feathered. But now paleontologists have discovered a new species with a type of skin covering that's never ...

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During a solar eclipse, Galapagos tortoises show strange and fascinating behaviour. They mate, lift their heads, and seem to stare at the sky. Scientists say this rare reaction highlights how cosmic ...

Ribosomes, the cell's protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells alive and functioning. When cells experience stress—such as lack of nutrients ...