If You Give a Frog a Sauna, It Might Fight Off a Deadly Fungus
A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.
By Emily Anthes
A fatal fungal disease has devastated the world’s amphibians. But the fungus has a vulnerability: It cannot tolerate heat.
By Emily Anthes
Researchers discovered painted ladies on a South American beach and then built a case that they started their journey in Europe or Africa.
By Monique Brouillette
There has long been anecdotal evidence of the wormy creatures taking to the air, but videos recorded in Madagascar at last prove the animals’ acrobatics.
By Veronique Greenwood
Researchers analyzed a skull found in Montana of a plant-eating member of the ceratops family, finding distinct traits.
By Asher Elbein
Researchers say the nearly mile-long swim was the longest by big cats ever recorded.
By Anthony Ham
Computer simulations suggest that a collision with another planetary object early in Earth’s history may have provided the heat to set off plate tectonics.
By Lucas Joel
An analysis of elephant calls using an artificial intelligence tool suggests that the animals may use and respond to individualized rumbles.
By Kate Golembiewski
They build extensive burrow networks and don’t seem to mind when other woodland creatures use them as flameproof bunkers.
By Darren Incorvaia
During a chaotic period some 50 million years ago, the strange deep-sea creatures left the ocean bottom and thrived by clamping onto their mates.
By William J. Broad
Cuts in the cranium, which is more than 4,000 years old, hint that people in the ancient civilization attempted to treat a scourge that persists today.
By Jordan Pearson
Advertisement
Advertisement