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Cats overwhelmingly choose to sleep on their left side, a habit researchers say could be tied to survival. This sleep position activates the brain's right hemisphere upon waking, perfect for detecting danger and reacting swiftly. Left-side snoozing . ...

South Australia's tiny pygmy bluetongue skink is baking in a warming, drying homeland, so Flinders University scientists have tried a bold fix--move it. Three separate populations were shifted from the parched north to cooler, greener sites farther . ...

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses -- and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century's worth of chipmunk and vole specimens from Chicago, researchers discovered subtle yet significant evolutionary changes in ...

New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed--until one group succeeded spectacularly around 50,000 years ago. Scientists discovered that before this successful migration, humans began using a much broader range of ...

Poachers are using a sneaky loophole to bypass the international ivory trade ban--by passing off illegal elephant ivory as legal mammoth ivory. Since the two types look deceptively similar, law enforcement struggles to tell them apart, especially ...

Farming didn t emerge in the Andes due to crisis or scarcity it was a savvy and resilient evolution. Ancient diets remained stable for millennia, blending wild and domesticated foods while cultural innovations like trade and ceramics helped smooth .. ...

Experiments and simulations show Paleolithic paddlers could outwit the powerful Kuroshio Current by launching dugout canoes from northern Taiwan and steering southeast toward Okinawa. A modern crew proved it, carving a Stone-Age-style canoe, then ...

Caffeine appears to do more than perk you up--it activates AMPK, a key cellular fuel sensor that helps cells cope with stress and energy shortages. This could explain why coffee is linked to better health and longer life.

The shift from lizard-like sprawl to upright walking in mammals wasn't a smooth climb up the evolutionary ladder. Instead, it was a messy saga full of unexpected detours. Using new bone-mapping tech, researchers discovered that early mammal ancestors ...

Our brains may work best when teetering on the edge of chaos. A new theory suggests that criticality a sweet spot between order and randomness is the secret to learning, memory, and adaptability. When brains drift from this state, diseases like ...