For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibres, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks” ...

“Dorsal green coloration with irregular brown mottling provides camouflage in moss-covered, dimly lit cave entrances; expanded digital discs enhance grip on wet limestone substrates; and fully webbed ...

The push to reduce spending on foundational research is shortsighted, Tesla A. Monson and Marianne F. Brasil write.

Like Rabbit, Sleeping Beauty, the Mad Hatter, and Cheshire Cat, Mary Poppins will be introduced in Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble. In fact, according to franchise co-producer Scott Chambers, she will ...

Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex evolutionary journey.

New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of features seen in snakes and geckos—two very distant relatives. One of the ...

If you’ve ever picked up a shark’s tooth on the beach or seen a prehistoric creature’s skull on display at a natural history museum, you may have noticed one characteristic that all these fossilized ...

Over time, animals become specifically adapted for their environment, fitting perfectly into the puzzle of their habitat. Hummingbirds have long beaks for sucking nectar from flowers, polar bears have ...

The actor and author, who didn't fall in love with reading himself until his thirties, wants kids to get something special out of his milestone publication ...

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Copperheads are venomous pit vipers known for their camouflage. Kingsnakes are nonvenomous constrictors that actively hunt. Both species share habitat ...

Dixon, the potbelly pig, has become a social media sensation thanks to his singing chops and his bright white chompers.