In 1974, philosopher Thomas Nagel posed a deceptively simple question: "What is it like to be a bat?" His point wasn't really about bats. He was offering a provocative challenge about the limits of ...

Meet the European hedgehog ( Erinaceus europaeus ), small nocturnal insectivores that turn into a spiny ball of death when they feel threatened. Unfortunately, the mammals are rapidly declining.

Michael Pollan explores theories of consciousness in animals, plants and machines, examining the “hard problem” of subjective experience in his new book “A World Appears”.

You’ll discover how their ears work, why their hearing is so extraordinary, and how these abilities help them survive in their environments. Bats use their hearing and a process called echolocation ...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau discuss the Season 1 finale, Season 2 spoilers, and more.

No, but I haven't ruled out the sea lions.

From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" ...

Project Hail Mary kicks off with an intriguing premise: A man wakes up on a spaceship with no memory of who he is or how he got there. But as his memories gradually become untangled, he is suddenly ...

The Gulf of Khambhat, particularly off Dahej, has occasionally reported sightings of dolphins, including the Indo-Pacific ...

Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate ...

Watch half a million bats erupt into the evening sky at Gainesville’s famous bat houses, one of Florida’s most unforgettable wildlife spectacles.

Old Tech, Hard To Defend Against. A US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 87 people. The submarine struck the ship with a torpedo, U ...