Tortoise shells aren’t just tough armor—they’re living parts of the tortoise’s skeleton, loaded with secrets of survival, ...

Squat rhinos lived in North America about 12 million years ago, congregating in huge, water-bound herds much like modern hippos.

Dopamine helps us learn to avoid bad outcomes by reinforcing behaviors that lead to better choices and discouraging those ...

The ocean floor is dotted with wood fall, or chunks of wood that make it all the way to the bottom of the sea. The wood provides a welcome source of nutrients and shelter on the barren deep-sea ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have examined the developmental fate (the future tissue type) of shell-forming cells ...

Although the rate of increase appears to be falling, new outbreaks of avian influenza in commercial poultry have been ...

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you ...