Over a video call from a dig site near Oxford, England, Peter Falkingham points his phone down to show a fossilized footprint of what was probably a large sauropod. Stepping inside the long-necked ...

Modern machines relied on rotating motors for centuries, despite their noise and inefficiency. Engineers began questioning ...

Globally, human animals have trespassed into the homes of countless nonhuman animals (animals), and our planet—land, water, and air—has become severely fractured by these reckless intrusions. As a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Having animals walking and talking like people in animation is a fairly common occurrence, but Flow director Gints Zilbalodis ...

We talk about what an ear even is, how ears have evolved, how they work, and some of the cool ways animals have tweaked their ears to work for their lifestyle. We talk about what an ear even is, how ...

Even though animals can look very different on their surface, there are surprising similarities in how they’ve evolved to solve major problems - like how to support and move their bodies. Today, we’ll ...

Researchers have created a way to see your family tree as a movie rather than a still portrait by tracing where your ancestors moved across the globe over time. The statistical method can also be used ...

Dopamine is the brain's motivational spark, driving us to chase what feels good, say scrolling another reel on social media, and steer clear of what doesn't, like touching a hot stove. But scientists ...

Animal stripes and spots might look decorative, but they’re the result of deeply complex biological processes that begin long before an animal is born. These patterns aren’t painted on by chance. They ...

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for other species Anton Sorokin The coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii ...

Young African lions (Panthera leo) on the road in Hluhluwe National Park, South Africa. When they leave their mothers, young male lions have to disperse to find new territories. To do this, they ...

ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as tracing your ancestry, modeling disease spread and studying how ...