Ancient scavengers of the beached beasts turned their bones into implements that spread across a large area, researchers say.

A 47-million-year-old cicada fossil from Germany’s Messel Pit could teach us about the evolution of insect communication.

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A January executive order by President Donald Trump designates people as female if they make the “large” reproductive cell (the egg) and male if they make the ...

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the centennial of quantum mechanics’ framework, Hubble’s 35th anniversary and the legacy of Kanzi the bonobo.

A scientist who worked on the National Climate Assessment explains how stopping work on it may make us more vulnerable to extreme weather disasters.

You lay a plastic sheet on the mud. Then you lay your body upon the sheet. Without any direct contact between mud and body, you spend several minutes enjoying the soft and saunalike heat, sweating all ...

A new fossil and DNA analysis traces how dozens of sloth species responded to climate shifts and humans. Just two small tree-dwelling sloths remain today.

Experts explain the science behind Biden's advanced prostate cancer diagnosis, including how common it is and what treatments are available.

The person who received the bladder is doing well, and the successful transplant could offer hope to thousands of people with bladder dysfunction.

Penguin poop provides ammonia for cloud formation in coastal Antarctica, potentially helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the region.

In a first-of-its-kind test, scientists used a levitated magnet to search for dark matter, the unidentified substance believed to be present throughout the cosmos. If dark matter is made up of ...