Some animals living on Earth appear so unusual that they are often compared to aliens. Their shapes, movements, and behaviors challenge common ideas of what life should look like. Scientists explain ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

The natural world is full of animals that seem to defy logic, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Some look ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.