Upper left. Kaikaifilu was found in late cretaceous rocks from Seymour island, Antarctica. Upper right. An estimated size comparison of Kaikaifilu with a human. The size of the skull remains suggest it could have been as long as 12-14...
Big brains can help an animal mount quick, flexible behavioral responses to frequent or unexpected environmental changes. But some birds just don't need 'em.
A global study comparing 2,062 birds finds that, in highly variable environments, birds tend to have...
Credit: Florida International University
Fans of Shark Week are sinking their teeth into a whole new slate of programming focused on one of the world’s most fascinating predators.
Discovery Channel’s annual television event kicked off this Sunday, and FIU marine scientist...
General dorsal view of holotype of new late Cretaceous worker ants Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri. Credit: WANG Bo
Ants comprise one lineage of the triumvirate of eusocial insects and experienced their early diversification within the Cretaceous. The success of ants is generally...
New research from Cornell University shows that plants can communicate with each other when they come under attack from pests.
The study shows that plants can share messages in the form of airborne chemicals known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that transfer...
The largest fish to walk on land, the voracious northern snakehead, will flee water that is too acidic, salty or high in carbon dioxide—important information for future management of this invasive species.
Snakeheads eat native species of fish, frogs and crayfish,...
The unique ability of cuttlefish, squid and octopuses to hide by imitating the colors and texture of their environment has fascinated natural scientists since the time of Aristotle. Uniquely among all animals, these mollusks control their appearance by the...
This is a photo of a rare Shepherds Beaked Whale taken off the coast of Dunedin, New Zealand late last month by researchers on a University of Otago research vessel.Credit: Tom Brough
For the first time in New Zealand waters...
Asian short-clawed otters learn from each other when solving puzzles to get food, a new study shows.h
University of Exeter researchers gave groups of otters a variety of transparent containers baited with meatballs. Each of these food puzzles could be opened by...
Desert ants (Cataglyphis) spend the first weeks of their lives exclusively in the nest. For around four weeks, they nurse the queen and the brood, dig tunnels, build chambers or tidy up. At some point, they leave the nest...
Artist's impression of how Victorian palaeontologists thought the Megalosaurus looked (R) is compared with how we now understand it to have looked (L).
Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick
Pioneering technology has shed fresh light on the world's first scientifically-described dinosaur fossil...
