Almost by chance, researchers in Norway have found that adult comb jellies reverse their development and become larva again when stressed by starvation. It helps them survive because larva eat less th ...

Microscopic analysis by Montana scientists has revealed the first detailed structure of the pathogen that causes chronic ...

While primates could be natural successors, their similarities to humans might make them extinct, leading to the dominance of ...

S ome animals have a curious way of emitting light that we humans can see when we shine a blacklight on them, a pastime that ...

Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

A breakthrough fossil discovery is changing what we know about some of the largest mammals to ever walk the Earth.

It's not the first time that scientists have made a discovery about a slippery marine species by accident. You may have heard about the "immortal jellyfish" which was discovered by chance ... colonies ...

Scientists say they have discovered the world’s largest coral in the remote Solomon Islands and that it is thriving, despite ...

Discovered in the Three Sisters island group by members of the National Geographic Pristine Seas team during their scientific ...

Researchers using machine learning discovered that variations in microbial load in the gut, influenced by age, sex, diet, and ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...