Learn why the temnospondyls' inability to evolve eventually did them in when mammals and dinosaurs appeared on the scene.

The dinosaur extinction is widely known, but the end-Permian mass extinction was an even more devastating event in Earth’s ...

When wind or other disturbances detach winged maple seeds called samaras from their parent tree, they spin through the air—and can even spin when it's raining. Impacts by high-speed raindrops only ...

Dryophytes japonicus is the name given to the previously identified species well known in Japan, according to the study. It ...

LeBron James and his son, Bronny, were named in a lawsuit claiming they crashed into two people on a Los Angeles-area highway ...

Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...

Coming into the Cherry Artspace, I am greeted by a landscape of white birch trees cast across the light wood walls, one side ...

While temperatures rise in Alabama, so does the pollen count and allergy sufferers are starting to feel it. Is any relief in sight?

As night fell across a rainforest in northwestern Ecuador, a “large”-eyed creature with a “heart-shaped” tongue perched on some foliage and began calling. The “distinct” sound was intended to attract ...

A tiger shark circling the carcass of a young humpback whale. A red-eyed tree frog plagued by mosquitoes. A Maori octopus ...

In a small patch of rainforest in northern Australia, a “bright”-eyed creature perched on a bush and called out. Its “whirring” sounds were meant to attract potential mates — but hooked nearby ...

Anxiety about flying is common during the best of times: Research suggests up to 40% of people worldwide have some degree of aerophobia. Add a string of recent plane crashes and other horrifying ...