A ruler and scale can tell archaeologists the size and weight of a fragment of pottery – but identifying its…

Shark attacks decreased for the third consecutive year, falling to 57 unprovoked bites worldwide in 2020, compared with 64 bites…

Scientists have found a new species of fleshy verdigris lichen, thanks to DNA analysis of museum specimens. Misidentified by its…

Entomologist Akito Kawahara’s message is straightforward: We can’t live without insects. They’re in trouble. And there’s something all...

To be fair, the newly described Waray dwarf burrowing snake is pretty great at hiding. In its native habitat on…

The history of the Caribbean’s original islanders comes into sharper focus in a new Nature study that combines decades of…

An analysis of birds that died at Florida wildlife rehabilitation clinics found songbirds and other land-dwelling species were most often…

The island of Nihoa, a slice of jagged rock that juts out of the Pacific Ocean, is the sole refuge…

Fossils of bizarre, armored amphibians known as albanerpetontids provide the oldest evidence of a slingshot-style tongue, a new Science study…

The sea is full of vampires, animals whose sustenance comes from the blood of other animals. We highlight five bloodsuckers…