BIOLOGY

A fishing group thought they caught a giant goldfish. What they hooked was actually much weirder.

The ♂and ♀ symbols initially had nothing to do with representing human sex or gender.

Charles Davenport’s Eugenics Record Office collected data on thousands of Americans, hoping to support a pseudoscientific theory that would create a more perfect human race. It led to unspeakable tragedy.

The newly identified Atlantic manta ray is officially a distinct species.

From the long legs of the jerboa to basically everything about the duck-billed platypus, evolution has taken some weird turns.

The Carnarvon flapjack octopus flattens its body like a pancake and uses its Dumbo-like fins to swim.

A rare grasshopper once believed to be extinct has been spotted for the first time since 1980—but habitat loss may threaten its future.

There’s a right and a wrong way to wipe your butt after all. But with these expert-approved tips, you’ll be sitting pretty in more ways than one.

Researchers in Indonesia have filmed a rare coelacanth nearly 500 feet underwater—marking the first time the fish has been recorded in its native environment.

Use this map from the University of Connecticut to check if 17-year periodical cicadas will appear in your neighborhood soon.

Can a Boston dog bahk?

Researchers witness strange sea animals, including poisonous sea pigs and hand-sized sea spiders, while sailing to the Denman Glacier.