An aquatic beetle species takes unusual action to escape digestion after being swallowed by frogs.

An exceptionally rare owl fossil dating to 55 million years ago hints that the predatory bird killed with its powerful talons rather than its beak, as modern owls do.

Not only does the fungus Massospora infect cicadas, eat their bodies and turn them into mind-controlled zombies, it forces them to attract more cicada victims.

Recent restoration work of the multi-panel artwork "Adoration of the Mystic Lamb" corrected prior restoration on a sheep representing the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

A federal program for investigating UFOs was purportedly discontinued in 2012, but the Pentagon's search for UFOs never stopped. Its findings may soon be released to the public.

London's Natural History Museum is sending a piece of a Martian meteorite back to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover.

Scientists have identified the larvae of one of the world's biggest fishes — the bump-head sunfish (Mola alexandrini) — and the youngster is ridiculously tiny.

Despite overcrowding, exposure and starvation, community efforts in Poland's Warsaw ghetto spared thousands of people from being sickened by typhus.

The 18th century ship Queen Anne's Revenge, helmed by the pirate Blackbeard, was deliberately run aground by the notorious outlaw.

A shower of meteors that slammed into the moon (and Earth) had a collective mass estimated to be as much as 60 times that of the asteroid that blasted Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period.

New images of the solar surface, the closest ever seen, included a flaw that resembled a tardigrade.

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

Ancient Egypt was once ruled by a dynasty of foreigners known as the Hyksos, but new evidence shows that this takeover wasn't an invasion from a distant land.

An astrophotography competition run by London's Royal Observatory Greenwich, announces a shortlist of exceptional images for its 2020 contest.

An antique wooden box trimmed with brass holds all the tools that you might require in order to slay a vampire.

Ex-military investigators seek answers about where UFOs come from and what their intentions might be, in a History Channel documentary series.

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.

Directional changes in Earth's magnetic field happen far more rapidly than previous calculations suggested, according to new simulations.

Can posing with a pet help men find dating success? Not if it's a cat, scientists say.

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

Alaska's Okmok volcano eruption in 43 B.C. had far-reaching impacts on climate in the Mediterranean, leading to famine and social disruption in the Roman Republic.

New evidence suggests that lizard and snake bones were common in sites linked to ancient Natufian culture because these animals were being eaten.

Using artificial intelligence, an artist restored film clips dating to more than 100 years ago, with remarkable results.

Genetic analysis suggests why young and otherwise healthy people who developed COVID-19 sometimes experienced severe respiratory symptoms.