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The privilege of describing new species is skewed to Global Northerners

Mouse brains perform a clever mechanism to count their steps and keep them on track

Close inspection of “exceptionally preserved” fossils suggests that some dinosaurs shed their ability to take off

It triggers a reaction in the brains of mice that helps them change their behavior

This misconception can prompt us to feel pessimistic about our peers—and the world

There’s more than what meets the eye in a color-swapping insect

But the moon’s slushy interior could still harbor pockets of life-sustaining water

How humans infer meaning from spoken language is more complex than we thought

A cave in the Dominican Republic has revealed the first recorded instance of bee larvae tucked into fossils

And what this might mean for colonizing other worlds

Previously unexamined, “remarkable” evidence could help scientists track down the unsuccessful attackers whose boat was thrown in a bog

Chemical layering deep inside may explain weird seismic wave behavior