Walking sharks crawl on their fins across reefs and even out into tide pools. The newfound Dudgeon walking shark brings the ...

A Sahara desert lizard has inspired a new approach to Mars rover mobility. The research could lead to more capable explorers ...

Animals don't experience the world passively. A hawk tilts its head to track prey. A person leans forward to read a sign.

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Evolution is always happening — so why can't we see it? A biologist explains the timescale problem, election pressure, and ...

Strutting and fluttering around cities, pigeons have adapted to an ever-shifting environment. But their environment isn’t the ...

There is a familiar moment in every low-budget science-fiction or fantasy project: the idea sounds great in conversation, but ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ...

A tiny, aquatic, single-celled organism can contract to one-quarter of its body length in less than 5 milliseconds—hundreds ...

Tiny 3D-printed diving suits allow cockroaches to walk underwater for up to 3 hours with no ill effects, which could enable a ...

In the final episode of Season 4, the residents of FROMville take a stand against the town that has been holding them hostage by making the bold decision to remove the bottle tree ...

ON Harvest Hill, every creature agreed that the farm had to change. The river had grown brown after every rain. The air near the old furnace carried a tired smell. The young trees no longer stood ...