The ocean still hides many secrets, and sometimes the smallest or simplest creatures reveal the biggest clues about life.

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

A brainless marine creature exposes an ancient body-building system once believed unique to complex life.

Researchers have discovered and analyzed the world’s oldest geometric patterns on 60,000-year-old ostrich egg ...

Discover animals with the longest gestation periods, including elephants, sperm whales, rhinoceroses and walruses. Learn why ...

At multiple archaeological sites across southern Africa, researchers have uncovered hundreds of unusual fragments of ostrich ...

Drosophila mojavensis, and propose that sleep at one stage of an animal's life might anticipate needs at a future stage. The results fit well with this model, but are correlative in nature. The work ...

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) proudly announces Kyle M. Loh, Stanford University School of Medicine, as the recipient of the 2026 ISSCR Early Career Impact Award, ...

Microbiologist Karen Guillemin considered many universities when she was searching for her first faculty position 25 years ago. In the end, she came ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza Trained on genomic data spanning the tree of life, Evo 2 reveals how artificial intelligence can ...