Australians are resorting to increasingly drastic measures to keep cockatoos out of their garbage bins.

A genomic analysis reveals that humans domesticated donkeys more than 7,000 years ago.

Though it’s poetic to say that ants were grieving the bee at a funeral, the reality is a bit more prosaic.

3D modeling of 7 million-year-old hominin bones hints at bipedality occurring earlier than previously thought.

After years of work, conservationists have successfully eliminated two invasive rat species from the Tetiaroa Atoll in French Polynesia.

Understanding the biomechanics of the trap-jaw ant could help humans build better, faster robots.

Though Greenland sharks generally live in icy waters, one was recently caught in the Caribbean.

The largest waterlily species in the world was incorrectly classified for more than 170 years.

By better understanding underwater brine pools, researchers could learn more about the evolution of life in our oceans and the potential for life on other planets.

A visualization technique shows how fruit flies choose which food to eat.

The inner ears of these miniature Brazilian frogs are too small to provide good balance while jumping.

These Pleistocene Epoch giants likely traveled great distances each year to reach breeding grounds.

Human mucus contains glycans that could one day treat harmful Candida albicans infections.

Tourist photos help identify endangered manta rays and highlight the efficacy of recovery efforts at Komodo National Park.

The potentially-invasive moth hasn’t been seen in a century.

Researchers reveal that a measurable drop in the dry mass of a cell prior to mitosis is caused by waste products being jettisoned before the cell divides.

Inbreeding depression won’t bring the 10 remaining vaquitas to extinction.

Using an acoustic camera, researchers were able to locate individual male wood frogs by their mating calls and determine which songs the females liked best.

What happens when dust travels from the Sahara to the Florida Everglades?