California’s Death Valley is one of the driest, hottest and harshest places on Earth. In summer, thermometers there often climb above 49° Celsius (120.2° Fahrenheit). Such extreme heat can make…

Jonathan Growcott’s “happy place” is bouncing across the African savanna in a 4×4 vehicle. As a large-carnivore biologist, he tracks predators in the wild. It’s tough work; these animals can…

Bees may be best known for buzzing through the air. But they are surprisingly good swimmers, too. The insects can paddle through the water using the bottoms of their wings.…

AI today can write our class essays, plan our meals and draft our emails. But not everyone agrees on whether this type of help is good or bad. Recent headlines…

Each year, about this time, the Karolinska Institute and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences — both in Stockholm, Sweden — announce three world-changing achievements. People who pioneered the work in…

Note: Slight spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Peter Parker has disturbing symptoms caused by DNA from the spider bite that gave him superpowers.…

Theropod (noun, “THER-oh-pod”) Theropods are a group of dinosaurs. Their name means “beast-footed.” The group includes many extinct species, such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor. It also includes modern birds.…

If you have a dog, you likely know how good these animals are at reading subtle cues. Jangle a key or dangle a leash and many pooches know it’s time…

Lead-melting temperatures on the surface of Venus should make life as we know it impossible there. But scientists have detected some curious chemicals in clouds above the planet’s surface. At…

The stratosphere is both beautiful and deadly — a boundary between Earth and space, between life and death. Hover within it, some 30 kilometers (almost 20 miles) above the ground,…