Trilobites

The deep-sea fish ended up with glowing lures not just to snag meals, but also to attract mates, a new study finds.

By Kate Golembiewski

Centuries-old European tales about Gold Coast traders adulterating precious metals hundreds of years ago are challenged by the famous Whydah Gally shipwreck.

By Katherine Kornei

A unique “choreography” between two ant species suggests a distinctive partnership in which one provides a carwash service to the other.

By Alexa Robles-Gil

Researchers argue that a newly examined specimen found decades ago in Utah provides new clues to the ancestors of chelicerates before the group hit it big on land.

By Jack Tamisiea

A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.

By Katherine Kornei

Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to the country’s economy.

By Anthony Ham

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

By Alexa Robles-Gil

Research from Poland adds to evidence from Latin American countries that compounds in used cigarette butts ward off parasites in bird nests.

By Lesley Evans Ogden

It takes backbone to solve an enigma like the “falling cat” problem.

By Taylor Mitchell Brown

A new study offers clues as to how the insects survive flooding as they emerge from a hibernation-like phase every winter.

By Jason P. Dinh