Spines of saber-toothed cats tell a tale of the doomed species ScienceNews By: Jake Buehler 27 July 2026 at 05:00 Remains pulled from the La Brea Tar Pits revealed deformed vertebrae and rare tumors, possible signs of inbreeding among now-extinct saber-toothed cats.
Songs prep the brains of finches yet to hatch for a hot world ScienceNews By: Jake Buehler 11 June 2026 at 23:00 Adult finches make "heat calls" as the temperature rises. Exposure to the song prepares their unhatched young's brains for the heat.
These birds clack their wing bones together to woo mates at night ScienceNews By: Jake Buehler 9 June 2026 at 14:00 During courtship, male scissor-tailed nightjars crack their wings together to make a sharp snapping sound. It's the result of colliding arm bones.
Even careful scuba divers can damage coral reefs ScienceNews By: Jake Buehler 26 May 2026 at 12:00 Hours of diving videos and hundreds of survey responses reveal the common diver mistakes that can cause irreversible reef damage.