Spike-toothed salmon grew nearly nine feet long and sported tusk-like teeth.

The deer of Nara Park are part of a millennium-old genetic lineage—does that make them more deserving of protection?

New research explains the science behind the sudden disappearance of fluffy cumulus clouds during a solar eclipse.

From rodents of unusual size to flaming arrows, communities across North America share solar eclipse traditions.

Along the Pacific Coast, fast and furious sunflower sea stars are vicious hunters as adults—and they're even hungrier when young.

From penis dueling to pee potions to switching sexes, there’s no one right way of getting it on in the ocean.

The mating calls of black drum fish might be the source of Tampa's mysterious thumping bass.

Team Kwe honors their Anishinaabe roots in the art and sport of snow sculpting.

Are the mysterious mice adorning this 1,800-year-old helmet part of an ancient joke?

At warm, deep sea springs off Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, throngs of octopus "balls" gather to tend their brood.

A new study shows most people can tune into how chickens are feeling based on their clucks alone.

From New Orleans's unappreciated musical genius to the search for a lost shipwreck off Florida, we highlight our favorite Black History stories of 2023.

To make it through the long, cold Arctic winters, reindeer can get their beauty sleep while they stock up on calories.

From carriage racing to winter surfing to mashed potato wrestling, these competitions captured our imaginations in 2023.

The story of these distinctive doggos is emerging from ancestral knowledge of the Coast Salish peoples and a new genetic study of the pelt of a pup named Mutton.

Wagashi is a way to celebrate the beauty of the seasons.

These moss balls move in unison, and researchers are okay with not knowing why.

Jack and his handler Collette Yee found challenges, meaning, and each other in their work helping scientists better understand orcas, bats, and more.

A new study shows how the birds identify their mates in a sea of black and white.

The 400-year-old fabric extends the iconic pattern's history in Scotland by over a century.

Renaming birds isn’t new, but this official change could be the start of something larger.

The Digital Florentine Codex’s three languages and thousands of hand-painted illustrations provide a window into culture, war, and daily life.

In rural Chile, the kodkod, or güiña, has a bad rep for stealing chickens—and as a portent of death and disaster.

In a Swedish amusement park, two volunteers faced their greatest fears—for science.