With rodent teeth, bat-like ears and a woodpecker-inspired hunting strategy, this primate may just be one of evolution’s strangest experiments.
When is the next total solar eclipse? If you missed April 8, 2024 — or it left you wanting more — it’s time to start planning for mainland Europe’s total solar eclipse.
This unassuming worm hunts with a self-assembling slime net. Here’s what scientists have uncovered about its biology, behavior and evolution.
Forget grand gestures. Psychological research shows that the strongest signs of love often appear in the smallest, strangest relationship habits.
The new study is a reminder that technology is advancing quickly and our understanding of its ecological impact is still catching up.
Salamanders regrow entire limbs. We share their evolutionary blueprint. So why can’t humans do the same? The answer implicates our greatest biological achievement.
With the moon reaching its last quarter phase on Saturday, May 9, a window on the universe beyond the Milky Way opens. Here’s what to see in the night sky.
In a sign of Ukraine’s rising military might, its exploding drone strikes across Russia are driving Kremlin commander Vladimir Putin underground, into bunker hideouts.
Synthetic microbiomes to treat disease. Sea levels may rise faster than we thought. AI for scientific researchers. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.
The Defense Department has released a new trove of declassified documents about government UFO sightings.