Animals

Don’t panic—this spiky friend is largely harmless.

The magpie-sized Yuanchuavis probably wasn’t a strong flyer, but it did dress to impress.

The new fossil is one of the most intact specimens of giant penguins we have.

An analysis of puffins and other birds could explain mysterious mass die-offs.

Our favorites from the 2021 Nikon's Small World awards.

The gobble gathering may also be a foreboding sign of climate change.

The newly reported species might have used its giant carapace and fingerlike claws to scour the seafloor.

The new dino was five times bigger than local tyrannosaurs and the first to be discovered in Central Asia.

Biology and materials science, in alliance, have discovered how zinc atoms harden an ant’s tooth.

The gene had eluded researchers for years.