Primitive Bats Took to the Wing, but They Didnât Have That Ping
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The most primitive bat ever discovered could fly but not navigate by sound, scientists have reported.
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The eastern Pacific gray whale may not have recovered to its pre-hunting population as has ben believed.
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U.S., Canadian and British scientists have created a new way of determining how extinct species moved that's independent of analyses of limb structure.
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The Rangersâ dominant performance must have left them wondering why they had not approached this level more often.
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Researchers have witnessed a chimpanzee skewering a lemur-like creature for supper, but it's unclear whether the spectacle was a bit of luck or an indication that chimps have a more advanced ability to hunt than was thought.
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Researchers reported for the first time last week that they have found the virus in a nonprimate species â bats.
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A shot that failed to find the back of the net might have made all the difference for the streaking New York Islanders.
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WARROAD, Minn. - It might have seemed like the birds were fighting back against a Duluth hunter on a recent trip to far northern Minnesota...
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WASHINGTON -- A newly discovered fossil might be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning.
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Scientists believe they could be a step closer to solving the mystery of how the first birds took to the air.
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The Yankees finally played ball last night, taking advantage of an opponent that looked as if it had spent the whole day sitting in ballparks, on buses and in an airplane.
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Metal bats have a magical quality. They can turn warning-track fly balls into home runs and pop-ups into hits.
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Field crickets on the island of Kauai rapidly evolved to have femalelike wings to avoid a parasitic fly that finds its prey by sound, new research reveals.
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TORONTO -- They scored early, put up their fists when they started to get muscled around, and held off a late rush that earlier this season would have sent them scurrying behind the Zamboni to seek shelter from the storm.
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With a clash of mallets and the stomping of jumbo feet that shook the earth, the game was under way. Tense commands were shouted by pith helmeted players tied firmly to their two-ton mounts. The beasts collided and the ball disappeared in a forest of elephantine legs, raising some dust and much laughter. We had just witnessed a classic scrum in the whacky sport of elephant polo.
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A re-assessed fossil from a Velociraptor dinosaur suggests the animal was probably covered in feathers.
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There are no easy answers when it comes to keeping the world's largest land mammal in check.