Why Were Dinosaurs So Large and Why Don't Animals of That Scale Exist Today?
Why aren't elephants and giraffes the size of brontosauruses and other dinosaurs that we know were enormous?
Why aren't elephants and giraffes the size of brontosauruses and other dinosaurs that we know were enormous?
There's a genetic reason why you can (or can't) smell asparagus pee.
The pressures of ivory poaching have reshaped African elephant populations in just a few decades.
Experts have no real explanation for why we laugh.
Chimps also seem to enjoy being tickled. Rats, too.
The museum has one of the largest Darwin-related collections in the world, including some of the specimens he brought back from his voyage on the HMS Beagle.
All that stood between them and better stone tools was a little hill. And yet.
Perhaps most disturbing of all is the baby head poking out of the sculpture’s marsupial pouch.
The enzyme has the potential to be improved even further.
Humans may have left Africa sooner than we thought.
A theory in science is very different from a theory in everyday conversation.
Have you ever noticed that your fingers and toes get wrinkled when you’ve been soaking in water for a while?
Ninety percent of Little Foot's skeleton has been recovered.
They named it <em>Vaderlimulus tricki</em>.
It's the thinnest part of the skull … which is why Maori warriors crafted a special weapon to crush it.
Almost all primates eat fruit, even if it's just a little. A lack of it might be the reason why lemurs exhibit un-primate-like behavior like hibernating.
Take a deep dive into our darkest impulses to find out why humans love watching horror movies, enduring scream-worthy haunted houses, and otherwise getting scared out of our minds.
The better question is, are you sure you really want to know the answer?
It comes down to something called kinderschema.
A new study supports a theory first proposed by Charles Darwin.
The vika is the subject of folk songs and nursery rhymes, but scientists had never found a real specimen before.
Unable to run away, plants have developed some vicious defense mechanisms.
"Selection always comes at a cost, which is death, basically."
Warning: We cropped most of the holes from the honeycomb image, but the story contains a photo of a dried lotus seed pod.