Which animal is the most intelligent and might even rival humans in cleverness? PETBOOK provides an overview of the world's ...

‘I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to go swimming in the ancient oceans if these things were swimming around,’ one scientist said. Illustration: Hokkaido University. For centuries, humans have told ...

Based on artifacts found in a limestone cave on the Mediterranean coast, scientists think the two species might have shared ...

The act of puncture – stabbing something with a sharp tool – is incredibly widespread in the natural world. Examples of ...

Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish may have evolved large brains because of the challenges posed by their environments rather ...

A fishing trip of the California coast last week produced an extraordinary catch: a type of octopus that constructs its own shell to ride ocean currents.

A new generation of robots is beginning to take shape, one that moves, senses, and adapts more like living creatures.

Previously, researchers created electrical implants to control cockroaches' movements for search-and-rescue missions. Now, ...