Science

This tool-using cow defies expectations for bovine brai...

Veronika the cow uses a brush as a tool to scratch herself, revealing rare probl...

This fish may play a hole in its head like a drum

The rockhead poacher is a little fish with a big pit in its head. The divot may ...

A long-lost tectonic fragment may be shaking Northern C...

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of an ancient tectonic plate beneath N...

Math puzzle: The homesick rover

Solve the math puzzle from our February 2026 issue, where we plan a return passa...

Animal personalities can play a big role in saving species

From bold foxes to gregarious birds, animals’ personalities are increasingly bei...

Color blindness hides a key warning sign of bladder cancer

A large U.S. health records study suggests that difficulty seeing blood in urine...

How cheetah mummies could help bring the species back t...

Arabian cheetah mummies' DNA reveals that the long-lost population could be clos...

This dino’s fossil claw suggests it snatched eggs, not ...

A 67-million-year-old claw fossil reveals a new dinosaur species that may have u...

Plants packed close enough to touch are more resilient ...

Signals transmitted via leaves can warn neighboring plants of stressful events, ...

Computer science can help abuse and trafficking survivo...

Nicola Dell, a computer scientist studying the role of technology in intimate pa...

Earth’s last 3 years were its hottest on record

An analysis of global climate data shows sustained warming even as El Niño faded.

This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of hum...

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowle...

Botox could be used to fight snakebite

A study on rabbits dosed with viper venom suggests that botulinum toxin may alle...

Queen bumblebees are poor foragers thanks to sparse ton...

The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they...

In a new kind of plant trickery, this yam fools birds w...

Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The p...

Among chimpanzees, thrill-seeking peaks in toddlerhood

In humans, teens do the most dangerous things. In chimpanzees, that honor goes t...