The Nicobar pigeon, a flighted bird native to Southeast Asia, is the dodo's closest living relative
Aug 17, 2026
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Humans are mediocre sprinters, but in 36–41°C heat researchers watched a hunter pursue an oryx until the animal's body reached 44°C while…
Aug 17, 2026
There is a ligament in the back of your neck that seems to be part of humanity's ancient running equipment
Aug 16, 2026
Scientists have reconstructed the dodo's brain from CT scans of its skull and found an oversized smell centre and forward-facing, owl-like…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 16, 2026
A juvenile bar-tailed godwit flew 13,560 kilometres from Alaska to Tasmania in October 2022 without landing once
Aug 16, 2026
Early Neanderthals were probably striking sparks to make fire in England 400,000 years ago
Aug 16, 2026
Scientists documented 1,121 previously unknown marine species in a single year
Aug 15, 2026
Scientists in July 2026 confirmed a new monkey species in the Congo rainforest
Aug 15, 2026
Wild African elephants appear to call each other by individual names, after researchers who recorded hundreds of rumbling calls in Kenya…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
A Norwegian cave yielded 75,000-year-old polar bear, walrus and bowhead-whale bones, plus the first collared-lemming remains reported from…
Aug 15, 2026
A kangaroo joey is born after barely a month in the womb, weighing less than a gram and roughly the size of a jellybean
Aug 15, 2026
More than 80% of Tibetans carry a high-altitude adaptation inherited from Denisovans—an extinct human lineage first identified from DNA in…
Aug 14, 2026