Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question. Unearthed in a rare Saharan fossil site in Niger, Spinosaurus mirabilis had a ...

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

Most caves take millions of years to form through water slowly dissolving limestone, but Wonder World Cave in San Marcos ...

The platypus is one of nature’s strangest mammals. This egg-laying animal sweats milk, hunts by sensing electrical signals, carries venomous spurs, and even glows under ultraviolet light. Discover the ...

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.

March 14, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you ...

Back sleeper, stomach sleeper, or side sleeper? We all have our preferences, but when it comes to having the most memorable dreams, people who sleep on their left side are outdoing the rest of us, ...

This video captures a monkey behaving unusually in the middle of a road. Whether it's reacting to its surroundings or just being playful, the moment grabs attention and shows how wildlife sometimes ...

The Mars Express orbiter has kept an eye on an elongated cloud above Arsia Mons volcano for the last few years. The cloud is reoccurring, grows incredibly fast and is "made up of water ice," according ...

Since antiquity, we’ve pondered the purpose behind the yawn, and developed a plethora of both social and scientific theories. A new study analyzing the CT scans of people yawning discovered that this ...

Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

Jeff W. Lichtman walked into a Monday morning meeting as Dean of Science expecting to talk through faculty hiring. He left without his job. At the Jan. 12 meeting, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean ...