From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" ...

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don’t appear until much later. By ...

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges. Hidden inside rocks over 541 million years old are rare molecular “fingerprints ...

The natural world is filled with extraordinary sounds, from booming rainforest calls to shockwaves deep beneath the ocean’s surface. Some animals use sound to attract mates or defend territory, while ...

An elephant’s trunk can pick up a single tortilla chip without breaking it, then moments later lift a barbell weighing tens of kilograms. For an animal with notoriously limited close-range vision and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Lions, tigers, and elephants? Oh my, no way! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey has returned to the New York–New Jersey region with its reimagined “Greatest Show on Earth,” ...

Recent advances have increased the number of bacteria, protists, fungi, and insects are known to science, making it difficult to count the total number of species on Earth. Now, a new study shows that ...

On December 13, a rocket rose from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China carrying an unusual passenger: a butterfly inside a chrysalis, mid-transformation. Weeks later, images ...

Sloths are some pretty interesting animals. Beyond their reputation for being slow, a host of different traits reveals a lot about their evolution and behaviors. Take for example their mating calls.

Here in the United States, the deadly risks posed by wildlife can pale in comparison to developing nations around the world where people come in contact with potentially deadly animals every day.

ShipRocked pulled out of the Port of Miami on Sunday, January 25th, for a unforgettable start to the music festival at sea celebrating its Sweet 16 birthday. However, ShipRocked 2026 felt different ...