ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEResearchers used 3D models and algorithms to definitively say that Neanderthals -- man's closest ancient relative -- had the ability to perceive and recognize modern human speech because their ears were "in tune" with the necessary frequencies used in modern linguistics.
Since discovering the oldest known pet cemetery in 2011, archaeologists have unearthed almost 600 carefully laid individual graves, mostly for cats, some dogs, baboons, hippos, and falcons.
A study suggests that in the late Triassic period, roughly 252 million years ago, a dip in the atmospheric CO2 made Earth conditions milder, allowing Sauropodomorphs to migrate from South America to Greenland.
Analysis of 10 koala DNA samples shows that koalas have been infected by a retrovirus roughly 50,000 years ago that inserts themselves near genes that are closely linked with STDs and specific cancers.
Oklahoma natives woke up to find alligator popsicles - the huge reptiles lying motionless with only their snouts sticking out of the ice - shortly after a cold snap landed on the Southern US earlier this month.
Roopkund Skeleton Lake has been a mystery to scientists ever since its first discovery in 1942. Despite advancements in DNA analysis, researchers can only theorize the cause behind the sudden deaths of thousands of people.
NOIRLab posted an image of two colorful flashes of lightning happening at the same moment. The photo was capture near Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano in Hawaii.
Fish-inspired robots including catfish Charlie were invented to secretly collect water samples. They are mostly unmanned underwater vehicles controlled through a line-of-sight handset.