Jennifer Nalewicki

By targeting a single gene, scientists successfully turned chickens’ feet from scaly to feathery.

A potential antidote for death cap mushrooms has been discovered and tested in lab dish studies and in mice.

A video that captures a shark attacking a gray seal is going viral and marks the first great white shark sighting of the season in Cape Cod.

After being shot in the head, a soldier in the Spanish Civil War woke up to find a world that's completely backward.

Archaeologists in Armenia have unearthed the remains of a 3,000-year-old bakery that still contains heaps of wheat flour.

A metal detectorist stumbled upon a hoard of Roman coins and Iron Age vessels in the Welsh countryside.

Archaeologists discovered a late-Neolithic road submerged underwater off the coast of Croatia.

Archaeologists have unearthed the skeletons of two men who were likely killed during a deadly earthquake that coincided with Mount Vesuvius' eruption.

A new genetic analysis found that the size of Neanderthal noses was passed down to modern humans.

A diver off the coast of Israel discovered an 1,800-year-old Roman shipwreck containing 44 tons of artifacts.

Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a folded sword, scissors and other artifacts at a Celtic cremation tomb.

An Alaskan wildlife guide captured two massive male grizzly bears in a brawl for "mating season dominance rights."

Researchers in Maryland discovered the grave of a teenager who may have been one of the first European colonists to come to the New World.

Scientists dug into a 2,200-year-old pile of Andean condor poop to study the species’ diet and changes in habitat.

Fossils found in Germany's Posidonia Shale don't get their gleam from fool's gold after all.

The first known case of cancer was discovered in an early human relative's toe bone.

Scientists in Brazil may have observed the first example of an amphibian pollinating a flowering plant.

Scientists used a new, noninvasive method to successfully isolate DNA found on the prehistoric artifact.

Scientists are turning dead birds into drones to study aerodynamics.

Researchers created a mathematical model showing how worms can untangle themselves from each other.

Scientists used high-resolution radar satellites and discovered a ‘mind boggling’ 19,000 volcanoes.

Researchers have found that undernourished bold jumping spiders begin to lose light-sensitive photoreceptors.

Archaeologists in Spain recently discovered five life-size busts of human figures depicting the lost Tartessos civilization.

A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.

Deforestation is forcing hellbender salamander dads to eat their young.