Researchers discovered that a 215-million-year-old reptile started life on four legs and switched to two as an adult.

But jackdaws have a shortcut. A new study suggests these clever birds learn to recognize predators by eavesdropping on the adults around them. By linking adult alarm calls to unfamiliar sounds, ...

In 2023, researchers published a 3D reconstruction of the Ice Maiden, a 500-year-old mummy of a young Inca Woman found in the Peruvian Andes 28 years ago. Image credits: D. Socha. When you slide a 500 ...

Wikimedia Commons. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is so common that most people pick it up at some point, often as “mono,” and then forget abo ...

History is usually written by the winners. But a haul of ceramics from the Singapore Strait is rewriting that history.

In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool from a cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt. It is just 63 millimeters long ...

At least 57 nations have live antipersonnel land mines in their territories. In 2024 alone, 1,945 people were killed by mines ...

But his paper also reveals that the housing market’s failure to provide three-bedroom units is a massive driver of our ...

The National Audubon Society warns that two-thirds of North American bird species are at risk of extinction because of rising temperatures. As habitats shift, food sources vanish, and “mega-fires” ...

A single infusion of stem cells helped frail older adults walk significantly farther.

Deep within the tropical lowlands of central Panama, archaeologists just unearthed a stunning glimpse into a thriving, ancient civilization. Scientists working at the El Caño Archaeological Park ...

3D-printed guns have earned the nickname of “ghost guns”, as they are difficult to trace through standard firearms analysis. With law enforcement struggling to trace the source of seized ghost guns, ...