Darren Incorvaia

A modified version of the classic mirror test suggested that roosters recognize their reflections.

Researchers believed there were eight species of the strange mammals. But a ninth was identified genetically, although no one knew it was a separate species...

In experiments under his microscope at home, a teenage researcher discovered a very unusual talent in a species of tiny insect that usually lays eggs...

By studying how the arachnids respond to static electricity, researchers may have found a new reason to dread the bloodsucking creatures.

To survive as they seek food in freezing parts of the ocean, hammerhead sharks use a trick that hasn’t been observed in other fish.

Scientists recorded the popping noises that plants make in response to stresses like dehydration or a cut.

The job, in these experiments, was getting a cashew out of a puzzle box.

For decades, paleontologists have tried to explain what they assumed was a 230-million-year-old scene of mass death.

A study finds that the gloomy octopus — its real name — is in the small club of animals that toss things at other members...

On the Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific, researchers observed a strange parenting move in erect-crested penguins — laying an egg that’s doomed to die.