Nigersaurus—an elephant-size dinosaur with a featherweight skull and a mouth that worked like a lawn mower—suggests that long-necked plant-eaters browsed like cows.
Early beer makers discovered how to make a chocolate drink from cacao seedpods 3,000 years ago—about 500 years earlier than the beverage was known to exist, a new study says.
Microbes could survive reentry into Earth's atmosphere, a new experiment found. Said one scientist: "We cannot exclude the possibility that we are ... all Martians."
The commercial crocodile breeder in Australia behind the genetic mapping project says similar science has helped businesses dealing in cattle, sheep, and pigs.
Almost a century after a mysterious explosion flattened a huge swath of Siberian forest, scientists say they have found a crater made by the cosmic object that created the blast.
The mangrove rivulus does something completely unique: packs itself into hollow logs for up to two months to wait out dry spells, scientists have found.
Toddlers came to see a state-of-the-art machine as they would a human buddy, a new study says—prompting some critics to ponder a future of electric friends.
