Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

The snake-tail mantis shows there’s more to these insects than just cannibalism. This male snake-tail mantis, Ameles serpentiscauda, has three simple eyes (ocelli) visible between its antennae, which ...

On a routine wildlife survey in a forest reserve in southwest China, scientists caught a weasel that turned out to be a species no one had recorded before. The animal, now named Mustela mopbie, is the ...

In September, the day before news broke that Paramount was lining up a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the action that ultimately led to the seismic news that Netflix is buying the hallowed studio for ...

Netflix has announced plans to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and TV studios, including HBO and HBO Max, but not its traditional TV networks. Networks like CNN, HGTV, TLC, TBS, and TNT will be ...

A new study challenges a long-held theory about bottlenose dolphins in the Mediterranean, revealing that they are divided by offshore and coastal ecotypes rather than being split into east and west ...

USPS returns hundreds of troop care packages as charity turns to Trump for 'Christmas miracle' Court clerk in Alex Murdaugh murder trial pleads guilty The Fed is expected to cut interest rates at its ...

A completely new order of marine sponges has been found by researchers at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The sponge order, named Vilesida, produces substances that could be used in drug ...

Modern researchers are keen to understand how animals process information, and insects are a major part of that puzzle. Bumblebees already fascinate scientists because they navigate wide areas, ...