Mawsynram, a small village located in the state of Meghalaya, has the distinction of being the wettest place on Earth, with ...

The longest animal on Earth isn’t what you think. It’s a drifting, gelatinous predator whose reach reshapes how we define ...

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!" ...

Scientists are one step closer to understanding the origins of complex life on Earth after shedding new light on a mystery about our microbial ancestors. The key, they suspect, may lie in how simple ...

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 ...

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.