As in a batch of kombucha or a barrel of sherry, microbes can assemble into a mat-like layer at the boundary between air and ...

The alarming spread of spotted lanternflies across the U.S. has been made possible by cities acting as evolutionary ...

Researchers at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, together with data scientists, have developed a new method to largely ...

Butterflies closer to the equator have been shown to evolve shared wing patterns faster than their relatives at higher latitudes. That gradient reframes tropical diversity as an active process, shaped ...

Brown long-eared bats have some of the most sensitive hearing of any mammal. This helps them both hunt and avoid being hunted ...

At the end of October 2025, American space agency NASA finally flew, for the first time, its brand-new X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft. It was a rather short, unspectacular flight, but it ...

A tiny worm turns static electricity into a powerful weapon, launching itself through the air to catch flying prey.

The story of how birds evolved from dinosaurs is a fascinating tale of adaptation and survival. This journey through time reveals the remarkable transformation from colossal reptiles to the delicate ...