
The vivid hue of the lush green hills of Ireland may not have arisen from the mechanism many textbooks have touted for decades.
Chlorophyll, the pigments that allow plants to derive energy from light, are often said to reflect green light,…

Neanderthals hunted giant elephants and pursued them over hundreds of miles across Europe,…

Chinese researchers have developed a new method to preserve tissues at cold temperatures, an…
Learn how a life-sized nest experiment revealed that Cretaceous oviraptor dinosaurs in China may have relied on both body heat and sunlight to incubate their eggs.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it’s the oldest such recording known.
The song is…

Learn how geologists at Yellowstone National Park clean up hot springs filled with litter, saving them from irrevocable damage.

Learn how a 37-year study in Chesapeake Bay revealed that cannibalistic blue crabs are the biggest threat to young crabs, and why shallow waters may help them survive.

Learn how a fossil tooth embedded in a plesiosaur reveals a violent attack by a giant predatory fish in the Cretaceous sea.