Fire salamanders—one of Europe's most well-researched amphibians—are biofluorescent, which means they can absorb light from ...

Wide-ranging research suggests that as temperatures increase, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn. The ...

Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

An unexpected haul of nearly 500 fossilized fish in Egypt provides an unprecedented picture of how sea life rebounded from ...

The dead humpback whale lying off the Danish coast is increasingly at risk of exploding, according to a marine expert. “The pressure inside is building up more and more, and at some point the animal ...

This video, which won the American Physical Society’s Milton van Dyke award, explains the foundations of this research. An evaporating droplet shrinks until it reaches a point at which it explodes ...

Close-up view of red ants in a line on a cable wire against blurred green background. Photo by Estiak Jahan via Unsplash. In the fascinating world of insects, few defensive mechanisms are as dramatic ...

DENVER — Tiny, exploding black holes might explain one of the biggest mysteries about how the universe, in its current form, came to be. In the cosmos, matter is much more common than antimatter. But ...

A dramatic surge in kratom-related poison center calls is raising alarm among health experts, as new data shows cases have jumped more than 1,200% over the past decade. Alongside the spike, ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory. By Dennis Overbye On Feb. 13, 2023, a ...