Human brains do something peculiar when a chimpanzee screams or hoots. Instead of treating those sounds as generic animal ...

Deep inside the brain, every thought and memory begins with a burst of electrical activity. For years, scientists have tried ...

A fossil of Manipulonyx reshetovi, found in a Mongolian desert, shows how the dinosaur used its specialized claw to snatch ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ever appeared in stone.

And they find one: a female green anaconda about 16 to 17 feet long, “pure muscle.” The Waorani secure the giant ...