Humans were moving between Siberia and northern China far earlier than thought, according to…
There could be between 3,700 and 5,200 undiscovered bee species buzzing around in the world,…
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When you picture Venice, you probably imagine gondolas gliding past centuries-old palaces. What you don’t expect to see is a bottlenose dolphin playing in the water in front of St. Mark’s Square.
Yet that’s exactly what happened last summer,…
Alcohol might seem like a uniquely human invention. But in tropical forests, it’s been forming on its own for millions of years. As fruit ripens in Uganda’s rainforest, sugars break down and ethanol forms naturally. When chimpanzees eat that…
Developments in bioengineering keep moving the needle between reality and science fiction. From genetic editing with the CRISPR-Cas system and growing functioning organoids in petri dishes to brain cells on microchips — scientists continue to…
At a mass grave in Serbia, an assemblage of human remains sheds light on a ruthless Iron Age massacre that spared absolutely no one. The most horrific aspect of this killing is that most of the victims were women and children, whose murder…
Meet Punch, one of 2026’s unlikeliest heroes. The baby Japanese macaque won hearts (and the internet) after he was rejected by his fellow monkeys and bonded with an orangutan plushie.
The young monkey is a resident at Ichikawa City Zoological…
