Like the three-banded armadillo, this device can roll up to shield its innards, such as sensitive electronics and a small ...

Ash spewing from a volcano may have been the trigger that brought the Black Death to Europe in the 14th century, new research says. This pandemic-scale plague killed tens of millions of people.

Earth has experienced several ice ages. These can emerge almost overnight in films. Although dramatic, that timeline is truly ...

A key ocean current that warms Europe is weakening, which could lead to a big chill. Scientists are now discussing how we ...

Bite marks on a 2-million-year-old human jaw suggest leopards once hunted people as prey. People likely survived by learning to team up.

Meats were important, too. But throughout human evolution, fruits may have fueled much of the brain growth in our primate ...

While at Brown University in Providence, R.I., oceanographer Lily Dove studied the physics of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean with the help of some unusual, furry assistants: Antarctic seals. “They’re ...

Mammals are a diverse group of animals. They include about 6,600 known, living species. Many of them, including humans, cats ...

Scientists want to identify your earliest ancestor. And to do that, they have to look back in time. Way, way back. Let’s climb up your family tree. The first people we’ll meet are your parents, then ...

The observable universe is a huge bubble-shaped region of space around Earth. It contains all the matter and energy that we could, in theory, observe from Earth. The universe itself may go on forever.

A Möbius strip is a loop with a half-twist in it. You can quickly make one using a long, rectangular piece of paper and some tape. Just bring the two ends of the paper strip together — but before ...

A deadly fungus has been wiping out amphibians around the globe. But some frogs that have developed resistance to the disease are helping their species bounce back. Mountain yellow-legged frogs used ...