Science & Nature

Jurassic Park presents dinosaurs as revived prehistoric animals, so understanding how modern animals relate to them is central to the science of the story. Dinosaurs belong to a...

Recent work on extinct canids has introduced updated naming conventions and newly proposed species designations that clarify evolutionary relationships and geographic variation....

The Octopus documentary presents underwater observation, laboratory studies, and expert interviews to explain how octopuses move, learn, and interact with their surroundings. It...

Harmful bacteria in lakes can cause infections ranging from minor skin issues to serious gastrointestinal and respiratory illness. These bacteria typically enter lake water from...

The winter solstice is the moment when one of Earth’s poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun, marking the longest night and shortest day of the year in terms of dayl...

In everyday language, a mimic is anything that copies appearance, sound, or behavior to deceive. In biology, the term is narrower and more precise: a mimic is an organism that e...

The first day of spring each year depends on an astronomical calendar tied to the equinoxes and the tilt of Earth’s axis. In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomical spring tradi...

A woman falls in an active volcano typically describes a rare, high-consequence accident at a volcanic site, not a common event. This explainer focuses on real incident drivers,...

When headlines suggest Earth might have a new moon, it is natural to ask what that actually means. In strict terms, Earth has one permanent natural satellite, the Moon, which ha...

A widely reported incident involved a wild seal pulling a girl into water at a beach location. In these events, a seal approached a child or teenager near the shoreline, grabbed...