Maria Temming

This year’s record-breaking findings shed new light on human history and the most amazing feats in the animal kingdom.

Today, dolphins and sea lions in the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program protect harbors and participate in research on animal health and well-being.

Fossil finds have since pushed back the ability of hominids to walk on two legs by millions of years.

The acoustic qualities of instruments may have influenced variations in musical scales and preferred harmonies.

In the 1970s, lab tests hinted that birds can navigate using magnetic fields. New studies suggest that beak and eye proteins are behind the ability.

Infections from drug-resistant bacteria have skyrocketed over the last 50 years. Now, new technologies could help doctors save lives.

Scientists can estimate how much more likely or severe some past natural disasters were due to human-caused climate change. Here's how.

New experiments show that an app developed by researchers can boost snoozing users’ likelihood of knowing when they are having a dream.

A deep-sea detector glimpsed a particle with 220 million billion electron volts of energy — around 20 times as energetic as any neutrino seen before.

A chemical in Adélie penguin guano may have cued krill to take evasive maneuvers in lab tests.