Animals

A teensy "dinosaur" head found in amber might actually belong to an ancient lizard.

The stingless Tetragonula bees build nests in strange, spiral shapes. New research offers a reason why.

Hungarian scientists accidentally created a hybrid of a Russian sturgeon and an American paddlefish, leading to a long-nosed "sturddlefish" baby.

When some lizards lose a tail they grow back more than one, and multi-tailed lizards are more common than once thought.

This extinct fish used its hand-like fins to "walk" on the ocean floor.

One of the top plant pollinators in the country, these colorful bees likely originated in tropical regions of Australia.

This tiny pipsqueak may explain why dinosaurs and pterosaurs sported feathers.

An African grey parrot beat 21 Harvard undergrads at a classic memory game, suggesting deep roots of animal intelligence.

How much force must a penguin apply in order to blast a flying poop projectile, and how far can it travel? Fortunately for us all, scientists now have answers.

More than 350 elephants in Botswana have mysteriously died since May, in a phenomenon that some scientists have dubbed a "conservation disaster," and one that has evaded explanation.

It's unknown who or what is killing these sea lions on Canada's Pacific coast.

A striking red-and-white pattern on a newly-described spider's back resembles the grin worn by iconic Batman villain, the Joker.

Golden retrievers typically live between 10 and 12 years.

When an adult male gorilla in a South African zoo developed breathing problems, wildlife specialists diagnosed the ailment with CT scans.

Chilean scientists nicknamed the fossil "The Thing" after a 1982 sci-fi movie based in Antarctica.

The giant squid's esophagus goes through its brain.

It had a boomerang-like head shield and dozens of legs studded with daggers.

This ancient croc's legs were likely as long as a human's.

The ichthyosaur and her unborn babies lived about 246 million years ago.