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Technology is being repurposed to find lost animals—and owners who don't clean up after their pets.

And what you can do to ease the aches.

150 million years ago, Archaeopteryx changed evolutionary history.

Before the EPA, Utah saw 100 times more lead exposure.

An early sauropodomorph likely made the 230-million-year-old footprint.

The Colorado River tributary in northeastern Utah has baffled geologists for 150 years.

Better WiFi will improve your life immediately and these discounted routers from TP-Link can help sling signal better than your current dinosaur.

The specialized crops could save farmers millions.

The endangered pygmy slow loris is the only known venomous primate on Earth.

There are surprisingly close links between your feet and your brain.

Experiment in one of the world's quietest rooms reveals the hairs detect airborne sounds—like predators.

Shadow or no shadow, the rodents have a special set of ecological skills.

Researchers solemnly swear they are up to no good.

From showy peacocks to flying BMXers.

In Argentina, equine cloning in polo is no longer a rarity. It’s now a mature industry — although ethical dilemmas surrounding it persist.

When a graduate found a baby Florida scrub millipede, she put it in a kiddie pool. Then it got busy reproducing.

And why 2026 could be a big year for spotting auroras.

The finds are forcing historians to reconsider the extent of the Roman military's advance in Germany.

Earth's largest venomous snakes are hitching rides to places they don't belong.