The Japanese art of paper folding is called origami — from the Japanese words “oru” (to fold) and “kami” (paper).

Within the ocean region where El Niños form, daily sea-surface temperatures are already more extreme than at any point in ...

This is another in our series of stories identifying new technologies and actions that can slow climate change, reduce its impacts or help communities cope with a rapidly changing world. Remember the ...

Flamingos are feeding machines. They spend a large part of their day with their heads upside down in water, gobbling up brine shrimp and other small prey. A new study reveals the unique technique ...

Pyrolysis is a process though which heat breaks down large molecules into smaller ones. It is just one of the chemical ...

People make a lot of gas, and it’s got to come out one end or the other. Understanding those farts and burps could tell us a ...

Humans aren’t the only animals who fart. Take Dakota, an English cocker spaniel. When she was getting older, she could no ...

Earth’s oceans are heating up. But since the 19th century, one patch in the North Atlantic has cooled by about 1 degree ...

Studying this paradox eventually led scientists to a deeper understanding of cancer biology. A paradox is when a scenario ...

For naked mole-rats, the queen wields such power. Naked mole-rat queens release a calming scent to control their colonies, a ...

Humans could learn from chimpanzees and bonobos. When things get tense, these apes turn to group members for hugs, touches ...

For people, the idea of eating poop might be gag-inducing. But for many animals, poo is perfectly normal to have on the menu. The stinky stuff is not just an end product after food gets eaten, ...