Animals

Animal employs unusual strategy to survive harsh conditions.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Experiment provides first step toward using nanoparticles to manufacture cancer-fighting drugs.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor
Scientists build a better understanding of the strength of the shape.
Mike Lucibella, Contributor
New research looks deeper into why - and how - we age.
Katharine Gammon, Contributor
Multi-use tools may shed light on common ancestor.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Sensing motion, colors seems possible without a visual cortex.
Inside Science Contributor
Human chemistry, specific plants may inspire better traps and repellents.
Allison Jarrell, Contributor
Shading and environmental controls may help save the population.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Parkour science and more
Chris Gorski, Editor
Aerial Threats May Have Curbed Insect Size
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
A team of physicists has adapted a model for earthquakes to explain how a group of small animals can grow new heads.
Brian Jacobsmeyer, Contributor
Ancient ocean chemistry changes may be responsible for remarkable period in the history of life on Earth.
Chris Gorski, Editor