A n intriguing new study suggests that the universe may rotate once every 500 billion years. If correct, the authors believe that it could explain one of the most annoying puzzles in astronomic ...

W e may have visually led predators to thank for some of the most dazzling marine species: sea slugs. Luminous greens, blues, ...

"There has been a bewildering array of different ecological roles for crocodylomorphs, from terrestrial herbivores and ...

This, the scientists concluded, suggests that rooster crows are tightly linked to social signifying, hierarchy, and dominance. Another study, published in 1995 by researchers in the US, reached ...

The pygmy whale in question was thought to be around 18 meters long (59 feet) and was hunted and killed by a pod of more than ...

There's been just a handful of documented sightings of these extremely rare hybrids to date, and they are one of several remarkable penguin spectacles captured in the new series that features National ...

In recent years, there has been an exciting change in the longevity landscape, and it all comes down to a certain essential ...

In a testament to the crows’ intelligence (or perhaps just the deliciousness of mealworms), the birds all caught on impressively quickly. But for the test proper, the task would become a little more ...

Not content with stealing your job and making terrible art, AI is entering the world of dolphin communication.

H ere's a sentence which, while technically correct, will make you sound like the most hardened of conspiracy theorists: no astronaut in history has ever left the Earth's atmosphere.

The team were particularly interested in looking into the concept of "snow" given the often exaggerated idea about the Inuit language.

It’s the cosmological equivalent of having slid between the cushions down the back of the couch; that is the place you should have suspected but hadn’t looked.