Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.
From riverbanks to shallow lakes, Spinosaurus combined display, biomechanics and hunting power in one of evolution’s strangest designs.
If people have told you these habits are odd or off-putting, science suggests they’re likely wrong. Here’s why they signal the opposite, according to research.
Footage of Punch, a seven-month-old Japanese macaque, has gone viral around the world after he was rejected by his mother and formed a bond with a soft toy
Some habits that get written off as rude, especially in social situations, are probably being analyzed in the wrong context.
This will not be turning up in the church rummage sale.
Footage of the 2024 discovery appears in NatGeo's new documentary series Pole to Pole with Will Smith.
Everything you need to know about March 2’s full moon and March 3’s “blood moon” total lunar eclipse, as the full moon rises and drifts into Earth’s shadow and turns red.
In 1978, Soviet scientists stumbled upon a family living in a remote part of Russia. They hadn’t interacted with outsiders for decades. Almost half a century later, one of them is still there
On Groundhog Day 2026, Punxsutawney Phil made his prediction on a day that also marks a key cosmic milestone: Earth’s halfway point to spring.
Archaeologists believe remains found in Maastricht, Netherlands, may be of soldier who inspired novel character
Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition...
Here’s how new psychological research is challenging everything popular culture led you to believe about men and romance.
Finland tops the list of the world’s happiest countries for the ninth year—but the bigger story this year is a growing divide in youth happiness.
Bigfoot believers are struggling to accept their gold standard evidence may be a hoax.
Andreessen caused a minor kerfuffle by saying on a podcast that he doesn’t introspect at all, and that in fact, people shouldn’t. What’s really going on?
Members of the UK public join the search after specialist dog units and thermal drones have yet to locate her
Discover the traits that allow you to enter deep flow states more easily and to remain ‘in the zone’ for longer.
Discover which iconic antagonist mirrors your hidden traits.
D'Artagnan was killed during the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 and later immortalised in the stories of Alexandre Dumas.
Thheiba and Fidda were 22 years old and were the remaining two females of a pride at Belfast zoo.
Rachel Bloor had assumed the heavy weight on her chest was her dog.
The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our species’ history.
Scientists trying to work out why Gauls chose to bury some of their dead in seated position facing west
What prompts this community to spend time looking for a creature that likely doesn't exist?
Japanese baby macaque, who appeared to find comfort in the djungelskog toy after being rejected by his mother, seems to be mixing more with his peers
It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal.
It’s hard to know what people can see in their own mind’s eye. But for Maddie Thomas there was no doubt: she had especially vivid mental imagery
The animal that stowed away on the vessel is now in the care of the Bronx Zoo with veterinary staff.
Scientists believe they have found evidence of written thoughts of Stone Age people on ancient objects.
We've always thought that Tyrannosaurus rex was an unchallenged apex predator during the dying days of the dinosaurs. But a fresh look at controversial fossils has prompted palaeontology’s biggest-ever U-turn
The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.
Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.
