The necrobiome is kind of gross and often smelly, but learn more about how this community keeps the wheels of life turning.

Learn about SIMP-0136, a rogue planet emitting wavelengths that reveal patchy clouds and auroras similar to the Northern Lights.

Learn more about human head transplants. Are they possible? And what moral dilemmas do they bring forth?

Learn about a new bite-resistant wetsuit that can help prevent fatal shark bites, as tested out by a research team on both white sharks and tiger sharks.

Learn about the first Neanderthal tracksites found in the Iberian Peninsula, featuring footprints from adults, adolescents, and children.

Learn why living in a city makes a certain species of lizard more social, revealing an effect of urbanization on animal behavior. 

To fill in the full picture of what is happening around us, our brains process attention systematically, taking in general facts first and then narrowing down to specifics.

Learn how sunken weapons and warships have become crucial underwater habitats for animals all over the world.

Learn how the mind prioritizes memories, preserving the moments that precede and succeed significant events, even when the moments themselves are trivial.

Learn more about Naegleria fowleri,  a brain-eating amoeba found in local swimming holes. 

Discover how analyzing simple pottery remains can help us rewrite human and equine history.

The cause of the 2025 Santorini earthquakes has finally been revealed, along with a secret hydraulic system fueled by volcanoes.

Learn more about Homo habilis , and how AI may have proved that this early human was likely leopard prey.

A cat parasite in humans? Discover more about a cat parasite called toxoplasmosis and its complex life cycle that can infect nearly every warm-blooded animal on the planet.

Meet the Messor ibericus  harvester ant, the only animal on record that clones another animal to carry out its lifecycle, creating two separate species of ants to survive.

Learn about an ancient crocodilian creature nicknamed "Elton," whose skeleton has revealed new insights on distant relatives of modern crocodiles.

From COVID-19 testing to replacing fossil fuels, Yellowstone’s ancient thermophiles play a key role in scientific advancement.

Whales have a lot to tell us if we just listen, and we can use that information to help them. Discover why blue whale calls dropped in 2015 and how they've since returned.

Learn about the Burmese python problem in South Florida, and about an innovative initiative that relies on robotic rabbits that look and smell like the real thing — at least from the perspective of a snake.

Learn why mosquitoes flock to people who drink beer and what other factors attract the pesky bloodsuckers.