A new paper reveals that the microbiomes of closely-related bats can be totally different from each other, which suggests that having a community of helpful gut bacteria may not be so important for this group of mammals

Members of one octopus species take variations in skin texture to a whole new level

Archaeologists have recreated ancient brewing techniques to learn how beer kept an empire afloat

228-million-year-old fossil sheds light on how turtles evolved

The asteroid impact that eliminated non-avian dinosaurs destroyed global forests

Deep-sea expeditions and drones have revealed a giant group of octopuses and their eggs in a place where they shouldn't be able to survive

Studies have now shed light on what could be the earliest record of a person killed in a tsunami: someone who lived 6,000 years ago in what's now Papua New Guinea