Nature

Earth’s history is a roller-coaster of climate fluctuations, of relative warmth giving way to frozen periods of glaciation before rising

Remote cameras in Norway have given us the first detailed look at polar bear cubs emerging from their dens, in

Imagine floating in space, gazing on a frozen white orb. The ball hangs in the void, lonely and gleaming in

Dogs blink at each other a lot, and a new study suggests this behavior is more than just a way

‘Bystander’ mice attempt to revive unconscious companions, a new study reveals, suggesting our natural inclination to help others in need

Rumored to have killed the Roman emperor Augustus, nightshade’s berries are notoriously deadly. Tomatoes belong to the same plant family,

Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned within

Wildlife rangers will Wednesday begin shooting 90 dolphins stranded on a remote Australian beach, saying the stressed creatures would be

In Fayum, Egypt, where now lies a barren desert, a lush forest once stood, teeming with life. Paradise for all

Mount Spurr in Alaska – rising some 3,370 meters or 11,070 feet above sea level – could be about to

Serpentine-necked, four-flippered plesiosaurs were among the most successful marine predators in the time of dinosaurs. A remarkably complete and well-preserved

For three weeks Dionysia Kobaiou has been dealing with “the anxiety and stress” of her students on the Greek island

Birds-of-paradise have some of the most famous mating displays in the world, but there’s more to their colorful rhythmic gymnastics

Beneath the rocky soil of Morocco, researchers have uncovered a surprising intruder living undetected inside termite colonies. Few outsiders gain

Two new studies have found eerily human-like sophistication in whale songs, challenging notions about our exceptionality and potentially shedding light

A strange radioactive ‘blip’ has been detected deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. Analyzing several thin layers of seafloor crust, scientists

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth’s magnetic field to create a personal map

Microbial life in Yellowstone’s Lower Geyser Basin may hold clues to the evolution of life’s exploitation of oxygen, according to

Nothing else in the animal kingdom packs a punch like the mantis shrimp. This tiny, colorful crustacean delivers a wallop

About 400 kilometres northwest of Sydney, just south of Dubbo, lies a large and interesting body of rock formed around

The internal, infernal machinations of our planet may be way more complex than we suspected. A new, detailed probe of

Greece’s government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island multiple

When the ‘wood-wide web’ was first described in the journal Nature in 1997, our view of plant life took on

Previously thought to be an exclusively human skill, knowing when a friend could use a clue appears to be a

A new species of fungus straight out of a nightmare has been found lurking on the ceiling of an abandoned

A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study has found.

It’s not just the white sharks off the South African coast of Gansbaai that feel the deep, primal fear known

Researchers have discovered clear chemical traces of decaying collagen in a duck-billed dinosaur fossil, upending previously held notions that any

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome. That’s

Deep below Earth’s surface lie two gigantic structures with mysterious origins. Now, seismologists have found new clues about their composition

The surface of our Earth is wriggling with life: it’s the defining feature of our planet, which, far as we

Like an infectious smile or a mirrored yawn, peeing may be a socially contagious behavior that is overlooked and potentially

Penguins aren’t the paragons of everlasting love that we often paint them out to be. In a megacolony of Little

After more than a decade of work, researchers have reached a major milestone in their efforts to re-engineer life in

A mouse with no biological mother has survived to adulthood in China – a major scientific achievement that’s been years