Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? Thankfully, no. Researchers explain why and how we’d know if we were swallowing ...

Learn how motion sensors and GPS tracking uncovered how raccoons weigh risk against reward.

The largest dietary study comparing children’s diets shows that eating a vegetarian and vegan diet can work well for growing ...

Learn how hunger affects mood only when people consciously feel it — not simply when energy levels drop.

Learn how rats with naturally high hormone levels chose to chill out by seeking puffs of cannabis vapor.

With a late-rising crescent moon and early evening activity, this year’s Geminids offer some of the best viewing conditions, ...

Learn how resident orcas collaborate with local dolphins to hunt salmon while offering protection for their smaller cousins ...

Learn how chemical clues reveal a mosasaur was hunting in freshwater rivers as the Cretaceous seaway receded.

Learn how chemical signatures in the Hjortspring boat’s caulking pointed researchers toward its Baltic origins.

Learn how male bonobos use subtle behavioral and reproductive cues to pinpoint the fertile window, even when the usual ...

For the first time, scientists have proven tanning beds are more dangerous than the sun and cause widespread DNA damage.

Learn more about the creation of fire, and how new artifacts show that fire was used tens of thousands of years earlier than ...