With talons larger than a grizzly’s and stealth built for Amazon ambushes, it’s no wonder the harpy eagle is considered one of nature’s most formidable aerial predators.
Why humans have a philtrum, the groove above your lip, explained by an evolutionary biologist — from embryonic face-building to vestigial anatomy.
Not all birds of prey hunt from the sky. This bird reveals how an extreme environment is all it takes to reshape anatomy, behavior and survival itself.
What if intelligence had less to do with what you’ve learned and more to do with how you handle the unknown? Here’s a peak into the most overlooked intellectual skill.
The habits that make people roll their eyes may actually reflect a mind working harder than the situation gives it credit for. Here’s why, according to research
The most comprehensive database ever compiled of how fast arachnids can run has shown how leg anatomy and evolutionary history influence spiders’ running speed
Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and genetics we still can’t fully decode.
The primary habit that signals high intelligence is, surprisingly, not about knowing how to be right. It’s about knowing how to be wrong.
Archaeologists are digging beneath Notre Dame cathedral to explore as far back as Roman Paris from 2,000 years ago.
Gracie caused a stir after she slipped away into the Texas Hill Country, but was spotted during a helicopter search on Friday. Now it’s time to bring her home.
Latest reports from rural Ontario add to tales going back decades about bipedal creature also known as Bigfoot
The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.
Find the exact Strawberry Moon moonrise time where you live tonight. Learn when to watch June's full micromoon and why it will appear so large at the horizon.
The white whales join the short, contested list of animals that see themselves.
Science turned a serendipitous finding about lizard venom into one of the most important drugs of the century, but that type of research is getting harder to do.
See when the Strawberry Moon peaks on June 29, 2026, the best time to watch moonrise, and why this year's full moon is the lowest and a rare micromoon.
Integrative intelligence, the rare ability to think across unrelated fields, may predict creative impact more than IQ. A psychologist explains why it's disappearing
As summer approaches, beachgoers face the reality of human-shark interactions. But scientists say there are reasons attacks happen.
The RSPCA slowly freed the pony with help from residents in Stoke-on-Trent.
‘Gender attractiveness gap’ appears across cultures and over centuries but difference fades away with age
Sunday, June 21, 2026, will mark the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s what will happen in North America, from extreme sunrises to events.
When DNA test results shattered everything Lavinia and Michelle thought they knew about their family history, they also revealed something never before documented in the UK
You may think you know when someone’s trying to deceive you, but there’s a clever trick very few people are aware of – one that has eluded AI and Traitors contestants alike
Thousands of forgotten news reports are reshaping our understanding of Aurangzeb and the Mughal world.
Researchers also discover that the ancient vines of Chianti, famed for its red wines, produced white fruit
Experts now believe the kiln found under a primary school dates from the late medieval period.
Study suggests "the bias is real but socially constructed, rather than grounded in how women actually sound."
Team is working to digitise archive of correspondence donated by public, charting relationships, social history and evolution of language
A psychologist wades into controversial territory in this counterintuitive study of nature, nurture and gender
These seven photos represent the very best of bird photography, celebrating the beauty and daily hustle of life in the air.
Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem in a Roman library. The poem, "Caedmon’s Hymn," was composed in Old English by a Northumbrian worker in the seventh century.
Bones of men and women were discovered on land being developed by a housing association.
The thievery of these little creatures is endlessly amusing to me, but there have been, I’m told, a few rounds of inconvenience
