Researchers explain how they tied a period of fierce, extensive volcanic activity to a terrible extinction that nearly wiped all life off our planet -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Pounding and slicing meat and vegetables would have saved our ancestors millions of tough chews a year—potentially explaining the evolution of smaller jaws and teeth. Christopher Intagliata... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The dragonfly Pantala flavescens can travel 9,000 to 11,000 miles, and may interbreed across the globe. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
On its very first dive of the season, NOAA's Okeanos Explorer encountered something unexpected while collecting rocks. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The giant tyrannosaur may have migrated from Asia to western North America across a land bridge 67 million years ago -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com