While the majority of animals (humans included) roam the Earth, some of nature’s most fascinating creatures spend their lives ...

This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...

The diversity of water strider species apparently developed as early as the Cretaceous period, much earlier than previously ...

Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...

This 30-million-year-long gap is actually rather helpful to Darwin. It means that there was plenty of time for the ancestor of complex animals to evolve, unhurriedly splitting to make new species ...

Nature often outperforms imagination. While fantasy films rely on CGI and special effects, the real world quietly hosts ...

As we move into the new year, we need more ruptures in mainstream thinking. It’s the cracks that let the light in.

Scientists have discovered a tropical “dynamite tree” that explosively launches seeds at 150 mph. The mechanism uses physics, ...

Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, ...

Sitting in my campsite at Goblin Valley State Park, I saw an antelope ground squirrel standing erect on its back feet, which I found amusing. I soon found that this was a common posture evoked by ...