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The rockhead poacher is a little fish with a big pit in its head. The divot may be like a drum, making sound that rises above a chaotic, nearshore din.

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging earthquakes near the surface.

Solve the math puzzle from our February 2026 issue, where we plan a return passage for a robotic explorer that doesn't want to explore.

From bold foxes to gregarious birds, animals' personalities are increasingly being seen as crucial to conservation efforts.

A large U.S. health records study suggests that difficulty seeing blood in urine may put color-blind patients at higher risk.

Arabian cheetah mummies' DNA reveals that the long-lost population could be closely replaced by a cheetah population in northwestern Africa.

A 67-million-year-old claw fossil reveals a new dinosaur species that may have used its hand spikes to snatch and pierce eggs.

Signals transmitted via leaves can warn neighboring plants of stressful events, making the group collectively more resilient than plants in isolation.

Nicola Dell, a computer scientist studying the role of technology in intimate partner violence, cofounded the Center to End Technology Abuse.

For the first time, the three-year average global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial temps.