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  1. Animals | Science News

    5 days ago · Animals Huge relatives of white sharks lived earlier than thought Lamniform sharks such as great whites and tiger sharks are famous for their size. The first such giants evolved 15 million years ...

  2. These are our favorite animal stories of 2024 - Science News

    Dec 18, 2024 · These are our favorite animal stories of 2024 Pigeons that do somersaults, snakes that fake death with extra flair and surprised canines are among the organisms that enthralled the …

  3. These are our favorite animal stories of 2023 - Science News

    Dec 20, 2023 · From birds repurposing antiavian architecture to jellyfish that can learn, here are dispatches from the animal kingdom that we went wild for in 2023. Snow flies may drop one or more …

  4. Parrots and humans share a brain mechanism for speech - Science News

    Mar 19, 2025 · Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

  5. The story of dire wolves goes beyond de-extinction - Science News

    Apr 10, 2025 · Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweaked gray wolves. But the technology could be used to help at-risk animals.

  6. In chimpanzees, peeing is contagious - Science News

    Jan 20, 2025 · The first study of copycat urination in an animal documents how one chimpanzee peeing prompts others to follow suit. Now researchers are exploring why.

  7. These are our favorite animal stories of 2022 - Science News

    Dec 20, 2022 · These are our favorite animal stories of 2022 Skydiving salamanders and spiders dodging postcoital death are among the critters that most impressed us

  8. Here are 7 incredible things we learned this year that ... - Science News

    Dec 20, 2021 · Here are 7 incredible things we learned this year that animals can do From powerlifting to growing an entirely new body, these are the capabilities that most impressed us

  9. The fruit fly revolutionized biology. Now it’s ... - Science News

    Oct 1, 2024 · African researchers are using Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies to advance studies of genetics, biomedicine, developmental biology, toxicology and more.

  10. 5,000 deep-sea animals new to science turned up in ocean records

    May 25, 2023 · Scientists compiled a list of animals unknown to science that live in a deep-sea Pacific Ocean ecosystem targeted for mining exploration.