Belgica antarctica is a tiny little thing – just about the length of a grain of rice. It doesn’t bite, living instead on moss ...

By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

Professor Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and postdoctoral fellow Wolf Ludwig Kuhn at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ...

A fossil smaller than a human fingernail has revealed a complete ancient brain, turning a speck of stone into a detailed map ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

It's that time of year again – and my personal favorite corner of science to look back on – when we recap the many ...

Nuclear fusion. People on Mars. Artificial general intelligence. These are just some of the advances that could come by the ...