Predators often fail to catch their prey because they cannot react instantly, and even a very small delay gives the prey time ...

Fur seals recover from deep dives long after leaving the sea, with heart rates peaking on land as they repay oxygen debt.

Climate change could cause extreme swings in river flows, disrupting fish habitats and reducing biodiversity across river ...

Inside a morning study, 12 healthy young adults drank about 2.6 ounces of glucose – a simple sugar – then either rested or ...

Fossils and DNA reveal how climate change is shrinking the habitat of an Australian lizard and threatening its future ...

A fossil snake discovered in India may have reached nearly 50 feet long, offering new clues about giant predators in ancient ...

New findings reveal that certain areas of the brain influence how neurons transmit signals and control their range.

Vitamin D improves the response to chemotherapy in breast cancer and opens up promising new treatment options.

Some feathered dinosaurs like Anchiornis huxleyi may have lost the ability to fly, revealing that the evolution of flight was ...

An online tool lets you trace where any latitude location on Earth was 320 million years ago, revealing how continents drift ...

One summer day, 8-year-old Hugo Deans spotted a cluster of tiny, BB-sized spheres (galls) near an ant nest in his backyard.

Extreme weather from climate change could expose more than one-third of land animal habitats to multiple disasters at the ...