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Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.

If dogs are out in coats and boots, how are the squirrels feeling?

CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.

No shots fired. No flags raised. And no dry land gained. Still, the U.S. effectively grew by the size of about two Californias in December.

Researchers are finding signs of multiple phases of sleep all over the animal kingdom. The ‘active’ sleep phases look very much like REM.

From the laying out of the body plan to the organization and functioning of our nervous system, cells rule gene expression and make us who and what we are.

Local researchers identify a striking rainbow-colored fairy wrasse found off the coast of the Maldives as a fish species all its own.

At least one of Earth’s creatures is able to survive the vacuum of space.

Venerated astrophysicist Carl Sagan entertained the possibility.

Some of the world’s most satisfied societies are poor, small, and remote.

Absence makes the heart (and public opinion) grow fonder.

If you eat a diet full of refined grains, high-sugar drinks, and sweets, there’s a good chance you have too much insulin.

Quelle horreur! Paris isn’t just a 15-minute city; it’s a five-minute city.

Delay the instant gratification of online knowledge and first seek out the wisdom within yourself.

Zombies aren’t a modern-day obsession. Throughout history, fear of the undead led to bizarre burial rituals all over the world.

Oxytocin can boost heart cells’ ability to regenerate.

Was the terror of Biscayne Bay a man who escaped slavery, an African chieftain, or a marketing ploy that went viral?

Human beings are descendants of these early tetrapods – at least those who made a new life on land.

Fish are surprisingly good in numbers tests — a skill that sometimes makes the difference between life and death.

Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self.”

He lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

An un-crewed sailing drone discovered the unusually shaped, slumbering seamount.

A healthy lifestyle even protects those who are genetically predisposed to depression.

Now they’re pointing the way to future battery technologies.

The dating pool is small — no pun intended.

The world’s workplaces are growing lonelier — but the solution requires less than you might expect.

A recent study is the first to fabricate electronic components from endogenous molecules.

This is especially true for three key groups.

From crocodiles to birds, certain animals managed to survive some of the worst extinction events in world history.