A new study says homing pigeon livers act like compasses. Other experts aren’t so sure
How animals use Earth’s magnetic field to navigate is one of biology’s biggest unsolved mysteries. This study proposes a totally new source for the sixth sense
San Antonio Spurs star ‘Wemby’ is rocking the NBA playoffs. Science can help explain why
Wemby’s height gives him an advantage in blocking and rebounding, but how does the tallest player in the NBA keep hitting all those threes?
Amputated sea cucumber tissue keeps living for years—possibly forever
The discarded fragments of this creature apparently refuse to die, leading researchers to claim immortality
China just launched fake human embryos to its space station for a new research mission
China’s artificial embryos are part of an experiment to learn more about how human pregnancies could develop under microgravity conditions
A toothless, beaked, bipedal crocodile cousin roamed Earth 200 million years ago
Like modern crocodiles, this bizarre ancient reptile was likely a carnivore, but otherwise it bears little resemblance to them
Ocean census reveals more than 1,100 new species
Over the course of 13 expeditions and other efforts between mid-2025 and mid-2026, scientists found hundreds of previously undiscovered creatures living under the waves
Daddy longlegs are actually bloodthirsty killers—of frogs
The wobbly, lanky arachnids known as harvestmen or daddy longlegs may be overlooked as predators of small vertebrates such as frogs, researchers say
A contentious effort to ‘resurrect’ the extinct moa and dodo takes a step forward
The science of de-extinction does not exist, but Colossal Biosciences’ “artificial egg” is an interesting technical feat
These bizarre fossils represent some of the earliest moving, sexually reproducing life ever discovered
New trove of fossils reveals that ancestral animals likely emerged in the deep sea
Did Homo erectus and Denisovans mate? Tooth proteins hint at ancient trysts
Genetic analysis suggests interbreeding between two groups of human relatives
These ants navigate with a compass tuned to the moon
A newfound nocturnal navigation system challenges what entomologists thought they knew about how ants find their way
Microbe ‘cities’ may solve a key ocean mystery
Some of Earth’s tiniest life-forms inhabit slowly sinking particles of fish poop and debris, playing a crucial role in ocean carbon storage