If hands can soothe and dazzle with their elegance, these artists suggest, they can tear and scratch too. They can be silent ...

Based on their punches there are mainly two types of mantis shrimp: "smashers" and "spearers." Smashers have appendages that ...

Birds possess unique skin appendages called feathers that are derived from the outermost layer of skin cells. Feathers are ...

The mantis shrimp’s astonishing punch, cancer-detecting vision and remarkable capacity for cellular repair make it an ...

The discovery may push back the emergence of the reptiles that once ruled the Earth, and clarify how dinosaurs like the ...

But I’ve got to go with Ja’Lynn Polk, who had zero catches on three targets (none easy, but all catchable) and fell down on a ...

One, the plaintiffs argue that the EFCC Act is unconstitutional. It is a product of a United Nations Convention against ...

Many plankton journey from the cold, dark depths of our oceans to the surface, only to eventually drift down again into the ...

Evolution has turned out bizarre and baffling creatures, such as walking fish. It only gets weirder from there. Some of these ...

Sea robins are unusual ocean fish that possess specialized leg-like appendages used to ‘walk’ along the sea floor. New research shows that these appendages aren’t just used for walking; in fact, they ...

Birds possess unique skin appendages called feathers that are derived from the outermost layer of skin cells. Feathers are ...

But there are some differences. The antennae of Flammarionella (named for French astronomer Camille Flammarion) are densely ...