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Tree killers and the first beds ever round up this month in wildlife news
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Breeders from 19 countries put their creations to the test at the 20th World Orchid Conference in Singapore
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The surprising benefits, to oneself and to society, of living alone
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As part of her plan to prepare Americans for the next "big one," the seismologist tackles the dangerous phenomenon of denial
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A new cartoon series counts the many things tiny-armed Tyrannosaurus couldn't do: cross-country ski, eat from a buffet, count to five
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When housed in an aquarium with a swirling robotic school, what determines whether a fish will join the crowd?
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What makes a snake stop squeezing? We do science to prove ourselves wrong, because the answer people predicted is not the correct answer
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How did a heavily armored dinosaur wind up at the bottom of Alberta's Cretaceous sea?
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From New York to California, America's roads are haunted by bad dinosaurs
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British actor Stephen Fry narrates a new interactive dinosaur encyclopedia
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A mass of debris from satellites and space missions is orbiting our planet—and it may be growing all the time
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Recent solar storms have triggered northern lights of unprecedented color and intensity
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The "lay 'em and leave 'em" strategy might not have been the ancestral state for these dinosaurs
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The forelimbs of this animal look like an evolutionary joke
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In honor of the Year of the Dragon, we take a look at some potential inspirations for the dragon myth
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The sauropod site may have resembled Yellowstone National Park, with geysers, hot springs and mud pots
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Comets dive into the sun frequently, but previous ones had been too small and dim to be seen against the glaring backdrop
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The concrete and plastic dinosaurs beside America's highways are often sad, malformed creatures. What do you think is the best of the worst?
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How many species of this rare, ornamented genus were there?
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Dr. Who sported some of the worst dinosaurs on television. This video explains why
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