Dolphins—like other cetaceans such as whales, wholphins, and porpoises—are highly intelligent marine mammals, capable of astonishing feats....

For centuries, mercury has been used in thermometers for reading our body temperatures, but now we measure mercury levels to see if seafood is safe to...

Scientists have sequenced small amounts of DNA from the teeth of two Siberian mammoths said to have lived more than a million years ago.^1,2...

As June transitions into July, it’s time for fruit harvesting—including apples, peaches, pears, and cherries. Notice how fruit phenology (seasonal...

Recovering from a “ghost town” shutdown is worth the effort. Ask a bald eagle. In the Chesapeake Bay Journal, Whitney Pipkin recently reported...

One lone elm tree survived a deadly “elm disease.” Nicknamed “Ent Tree” (alluding to arboreal heroes in J. R. R. Tolkien’s...

Rock layers in China have yielded yet another strange bird. Two features in its partial skull—the only parts found—make it both a unique discovery...

by Randy J. Guliuzza and Aaron T. Guliuzza* Most of us know the phrase “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” It means that we hope to take the...

An international team of scientists onboard the schooner Tara is conducting an ongoing oceanic global study. The research is part of the Tara Oceans Consortium...

The strange and wonderful coelacanth¹ has long been a challenge to evolutionists. The coelacanth has long been hailed as an ancestor...

Soaring birds are a majestic sight to behold, especially when they undergo such climbing and endless spiraling so effortlessly. Not surprisingly, evolutionists...

One of the mysteries of evolution (there are so many) is the origin of teeth. The past few years have witnessed a remarkable flurry of research...

The social behavior of ants continues to amaze scientists with its complexity and efficiency of organization and design. In a new study, scientists have...

Let’s say you recorded a library of books onto DNA. Hundreds of books could fit on your fingertip, but how would you find the one book you wanted? As...

Researchers recently looked into the life of bees and found something of interest to all fliers: bees never crash, even when they land on an upside-down...

The typical honeybee continues to amaze,¹ if not flummox entomologists. For example, a decade ago researchers from Macquarie University...

Most all school children can recite the planets in our solar system using memory devices such as: “My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Names”...

Have you ever faced a health crisis that called for an MRI? You can thank Dr. Raymond Damadian for the medical and scientific benefits of this cutting-edge...