Spiders in the Uloboridae family wrap their prey in copious amounts of silk and cover

The orca "slurped in the liver and then the whale shark just fell and descended

Helium is the simplest element in the periodic table with more than one particle in

Scientists have discovered proteins in the caterpillars' venom that fold up "like a little donut

The woman was sat on her porch when she heard a loud "bang" from the

"Simultaneous contrast illusions" rely on altering the backgrounds of images to change how we perceive

Strange, never-before-seen movements in the East Africa Rift Valley appear to be driven

Two coronal mass ejections have combined into an enormous cloud of magnetized plasma that is

Spiders' ancestors evolved to use their appendages in very weird ways.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a feeding supermassive black hole from

What happens when an invisible star dies? It erupts in an invisible explosion, of course

Photos show what looks like a line between the Atlantic and Pacific with different water

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The James Webb Space Telescope's new images of Saturn aren't finished, but they

After she'd spent a year experiencing unusual mood and behavioral symptoms, doctors discovered the

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has left a vast field of rubble strewn around

The fossil of an ancient sea squirt found in a collection at the Utah Museum

Scientists have discovered that once a mammal has become fully aquatic, it passes a threshold

The ancient, 18-foot-long crocodile — the world's largest living in captivity — is healthy

Is Indiana Jones an archaeologist or a looter? Archaeologists dish on the adventurer before the

Einstein predicted the existence of these crosses back in 1915. Now, they are used to

By combining high-definition maps with sensors that detect changes in the water column, researchers

Scientists have solved the mystery of what Anomalocaris canadensis, an extinct apex predator, may have

Scientists used CRISPR editing to make the world's first genetically modified snakes, giving new

A review of data from thousands of people in 25 countries finds that people taking

A stealthy asteroid the size of a 20-story building hid in the sun's

By shining a strong beam of light through two chemical compounds, scientists discovered a unique

Whether arms or legs are more important depends on the species and the environment.

Scientists recreated the eerie twinkle of a star in an attempt to map the cosmic

A supernova that erupted when a massive star died could have destroyed our infant solar

This extreme form of inflammatory response due to diving has rarely been reported worldwide, an

Ancient glacier sediment may be 2.9 billion years old.

The slender "gulper eel" can unhinge its jaw and expand its throat, enabling it to

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Brain cells, or neurons, have multiple means of communication, and their chatter may be influenced

As tectonic plates clash and pull apart, sea levels change. This process has shaped marine

The great white shark population off in the North Atlantic plummeted during the 20th century

A distant Jupiter-size planet could have the shattered remains of a smaller sibling in

Scientists discovered Fanzor proteins, which work like CRISPR but are smaller and more easily delivered

Three early galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could actually be titanic stars

Researchers analyzing ancient deposits in Australia found evidence that Earth's layers started to get

Researchers have calculated the "ninth Dedekind number," which belongs to an exponentially complex series of

The exploding comet, known as 12P/Pons–Brooks, is currently approaching its closest point to Earth

The funny-looking puffed up frog is only found on the forested slopes of the

What did the sun look like before the devastating 1859 Carrington Event? Sketches from astronomer

A weird lump on a woman's tongue was attributed to a rare condition of

To figure out this mind-bogglingly high number, we need to know how many species

The observation that the universe appears to run slower in the past was made by

A distant star system has Milky Way-like spiral arms orbiting it. New research suggests

Scientists are testing vaccines as potential treatments for Alzheimer's, in an attempt to reign