Science

Sand sculpture dinosaurs, as seen in Albufeira, Portugal

Dinosaur Sighting: Portugal’s Sandy Dinosaurs

The sculpture shows a group of carnivorous dinosaurs chowing down on a sauropod, much like the dinosaurs of the country's Lourinhã Formation must have done

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The Great Penguin Rescue

After an oil spill, should people put in the time and effort to clean up wildlife, or would it be better to just let the animals die?

Bob Rosenfield holds a pair of Cooper’s hawks in a city park in Victoria, Canada. The female, in the foreground, is a third again as large as her mate.

The Hawks in Your Backyard

Biologists scale city trees to bag a surprisingly urban species, the Cooper's Hawk

A wild capybara by a lake in Brazil

What In The World Is A Capybara?

And why is one running loose in California?

One of Amani's five cubs at seven weeks age

Helping Older Cheetahs Become Moms

Researchers may soon be able to transfer embryos from older cheetahs into younger animals and give them a better chance of success

Did two sub-moons collide to form our Moon?

Splat! Two Moons over Miami?

Captive zebra finches

Same-Sex Finch Couples Form Strong Bonds

The ties between same-sex couples can be just as strong as those in heterosexual birds

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The Ghost of Slumber Mountain

Without this film, we might never have seen a giant gorilla hang from the Empire State Building

The products of our first day of coring. Drying in the hot Wyoming sun are segments of cores in their Lexan liners.

Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #7: The Excitement—and Dread—of Coring

Looking ridiculous, we rush around like inexperienced wait-staff in a busy restaurant

An artist's concept of what planet TrES-2b might look like

Faraway Planet is Blackest Yet Found

The planet, TrES-2b, is a gas giant about the size of Jupiter. But that's where the similarities end

A hot pink Stegosaurus at the Dinosaur Ridge visitor's center

Dinosaur Sighting: A Stegosaurus of a Different Color

Is this what paleontologists see after having one too many?

A reconstructed Tyrannosaurus rex at the Museum of Ancient Life

Jim Lawson’s Lone Tyrannosaur

He is one hate-filled beast. Our star contemplates devouring the young of a nearby female tyrannosaur for no other reason than to quell his inner turmoil

Do you ever peek at the end of a book?

Are Spoilers Misnamed?

Giving away surprises, surprisingly, makes readers like stories better

Visitors walk in the shadow of a reconstructed Tyrannosaurus at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

Dinosaurs for Experts, or for Everyone?

Mounting a full dinosaur skeleton, some paleontologists believed, had more to do with art and architecture than with science

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The Animaniacs’ Take On Science

A look into the intelligent humor of this 1990s-era cartoon

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Exclusive: A First Look at Dinosaur Revolution

An exclusive look at Discovery's upcoming miniseries Dinosaur Revolution

A male houbara bustard displays his feathers to get a female

Macho Birds Age Faster

Male houbara bustards pay a steep price for wooing the ladies

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Dinosaurs and Soliders Skirmish in Dino D-Day

Hitler has somehow resurrected dinosaurs and is using them in his plans for world domination

Kanzi the bonobo is quite the musician

Six Talking Apes

“Talking” apes are not just the stuff of science fiction; scientists have taught many apes to use some semblance of language

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Victoria’s First Dinosaur Trackway

After moving a few track slabs myself this summer, I can tell you that it's not easy work!

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