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A puzzling wrinkled rock formation in Morocco has led scientists to rethink where ancient microbes could live. Instead of shallow, sunlit waters, these microbes may have thrived deep in the ocean, fueled by chemicals delivered by underwater ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth's magnetic field behaved in a way that has long baffled scientists, showing wild and seemingly chaotic shifts unlike anything seen before or since. A new study suggests this chaos may actually hide a deeper .. ...

More than 12,000 years ago, Native American hunter-gatherers were already making and using dice--thousands of years before similar tools appeared elsewhere. These bone "binary lots" acted like primitive coins, producing random outcomes for games of . ...

A mysterious Greek inscription found beneath the Great Mosque of Homs could pinpoint the long-debated location of an ancient sun temple. Scholars now think the mosque sits atop a sacred site that transitioned from pagan worship to Christianity and .. ...

High in a South American rainforest canopy, scientists have discovered a bizarre new termite species that looks strikingly like a miniature sperm whale. Named Cryptotermes mobydicki, this tiny insect has an elongated head and concealed mandibles that ...

Scientists uncovered a rare baby dinosaur in South Korea and named it Doolysaurus after a famous cartoon character. Using cutting-edge CT scans, they discovered hidden bones--including a skull--inside rock much faster than traditional methods. The .. ...

Cells aren't as passive as scientists once thought--they actively create internal currents to move proteins quickly and efficiently. These "cellular winds" push materials to the front of the cell, enabling faster movement and repair. Discovered by .. ...

Old canned salmon turned out to be a time capsule of ocean health. Researchers found that rising levels of tiny parasitic worms in some salmon species suggest stronger, more complete marine food webs. Because these parasites depend on multiple hosts- ...

Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature's biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at lightning speed, and scientists now think "flipped" .. ...

Scientists have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced genomes alongside global datasets. The research reveals that these bizarre, intelligent creatures likely originated deep in the ...