The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs didn’t keep life down for long. New research shows that microscopic plankton began evolving into new species within just a few thousand years—and ...

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...

After false starts and incremental gains, scientists crack the problem that made breathing impossible. Will answers come fast ...

A tropical insect has been found to change color from vivid hot pink to green within a fortnight, which scientists believe may mimic the young leaves of rainforest plants. The findings, published this ...

Male green treefrogs attract mates with loud calls, but new research shows parasites can subtly change those signals.

Some wasps and frogs evolved similar chemicals that cause pain in predators, even though the species are not closely related.

There are lakes, and then there’s Lake Phelps at Pettigrew State Park in Creswell, North Carolina, which is in a category all its own. This isn’t one of those murky bodies of water where you can’t see ...

These 11 state parks offer amazing natural beauty and peaceful escapes! Picture a massive hole in the ground that looks like ...

National Geographic archaeologist George E. Stuart reported in 1975 on the scientists who sought to decode the ancient language—and the looters who stood in their way.

For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually giving rise to plants, animals, and fungi. But one major puzzle remained: how ...