For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. During spring and fall migrations, billions of birds take to the night skies. The high-altitude ...

The gray-headed bushshrike launches a ferocious attack against a venomous boomslang snake in sub-Saharan Africa.

Komodo dragons are one of the only animals able to reproduce without male fertilisation. This is due to a process of asexual reproduction known as parthenogenesis. This was only discovered in 2006, ...

The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes, presented at Boston University, have honoured ten delightfully odd studies – from pizza-loving ...

Scientists have discovered a strange Jurassic lizard on Scotland’s Isle of Skye that’s blurring the boundaries between snakes ...