Their enemies portrayed them as barbarians, but their artifacts tell a different story. Between their weapons, jewelry, and ...

This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first live footage of this animal worldwide,” Kat Bolstad of Auckland University of ...

Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, where millions of birds come to nest and raise their young, is now under threat from petroleum development.

Stephen Fry has been tapped to narrate 'China's Wild Secrets,' a five-part natural history series commissioned by Chinese ...

On the 50th anniversary of the iconic movie, IFLScience chats with activist Wendy Benchley (wife of Jaws author Peter ...

Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes far beyond its cathedral and famous pilgrimage.

Sloths, the world's slowest mammal, have been around for 64 million years. Sharyn Alfonsi traveled to Costa Rica to learn ...

When humpbacks get stuck in fishing gear, their friends stick around to help. Are whales altruistic? A new scientific paper and a video present a compelling case the answer is “yes.” ...

New research reveals that people aren’t just imagining it—dogs and their owners share striking similarities, from matching hairstyles to mirrored temperaments.

The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads are safe to eat and which are poisonous?

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