At first glance, bat sea stars, the nubbly, orange, many-footed creatures often found on the seafloor, seem about as far from humans as one can get. Appearances can be deceiving, however. Scientists ...

Many bat species emit echolocation calls and use the returning echoes to find their way, detect the presence of fluttering insects, and locate and catch them. A new study investigated this behavior in ...

In 1938 and 1944, two major hurricanes struck Long Island, and after the initial winds subsided, the surges came back ...

The past five years have not been easy for the people of the Pacific. COVID restrictions disrupted tourism and upended supply ...

Bumblebees are only an inch long, but they help power the global food system. Roughly one-third of the food we grow depends ...

Even in darkness, many animals retain a sense of orientation because their nervous system sustains a memory of heading ...

A novel AI algorithm equips researchers with a powerful new tool to accurately identify individual jaguars, zebras and ...

In a primary school classroom, a 9-year-old reads aloud to the person next to them. When they stumble over a word, their ...

Ten Australians—including a firefighter, First Nations leaders and young people—are bringing their concerns about the ...

Europe is baking under a scorching heat wave, with health warnings in place across Western and Central Europe as temperatures ...

When colleagues and I found microplastics in hedgehog droppings, we wanted to know where they were coming from. One answer was surprisingly close to home: pet food.

The latest heat wave sweeping across Europe is a stark reminder that it is the world's fastest-warming continent, stretching ...