Next, they did DNA testing on the seed to find out what it was and found that it did not match anything on record today, ...

Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old. That means Prometheus came into existence around the time humans were exiting the Stone Age and beginning to work with bronze.

And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean shallows. These wild wonders were among the hundreds of previously unknown species of animals, plants and fungi that scientists named and ...

From indestructible tardigrades to body-merging comb jellies, animals can teach humans so much about medicine, robotics, aging and survival Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation ...

This creature's large fangs earned it the name Hylomys macarong, or vampire hedgehog – a new species of soft-furred hedgehog identified in 2024 (Credit: Alexei V Abramov) Thousands of new ...

The Cincinnati Bengals kept their slim postseason hopes alive with a dramatic win over the Denver Broncos on Saturday night, thanks in large part to Joe Burrow and Tee Higgins. Higgins caught 11 ...

Do you know which precious species China has? From giant pandas and golden snub-nosed monkeys to ginkgo trees and Chinese white dolphins. China is one of the most biologically diverse countries in ...

She shared a picture of a beautifully decorated Christmas tree with customized baubles, name-checking each member of the family including their daughter Dua. Sharing the post, Deepika wrote in the ...

Strap in, science enthusiasts! The future has arrived. 2025 is gearing up to be an epic year of scientific showdowns and breakthroughs. Picture a world where nuclear reactors power up cities as ...

Besides C. evansae, researchers also unveiled another new pterosaur in 2024. Paleontologists from Kronosaurus Korner discovered the new species, Haliskia peterseni, in Queensland, Australia, and it’s ...

A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska’s common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history, research has found. The catastrophic ...

Conservation International's expedition in Peru's Alto Mayo Landscape unearthed dozens of species new to science Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.