Animals have evolved all manner of methods to evade danger. For one lizard species living in the tropical forests of Costa ...

The more paleontologists dig, the more feathered dinosaurs they find. Almost three decades have passed since the scientific ...

The USS North Carolina, now docked at a museum site in Wilmington, was commissioned from 1941 to 1947. The ship “participated in every major naval offensive in the Pacific theater of operations during ...

But no amount of socially conscious window dressing can conceal that the real draw is always the killers, who so bankably ...

For many creatures, having a limb caught in a predator’s mouth is usually a death sentence. Not starfish, though—they can ...

In the tropical forests of southern Costa Rica, a small, semi-aquatic lizard has evolved an unusual survival technique. Water anoles create a bubble over their nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.

Were you taught about paleontologist Mary Anning in your science or history classes growing up? I wasn't, but I'm thankf ...