News

  1. Archaeology

    A clay figurine unveils a storytelling shift from 12,000 years ago

    A carefully crafted figure of a goose and a woman suggests that art reflecting spiritual beliefs entered a new phase among early villagers in the Middle East.

    By Bruce Bower
  2. Animals

    A wolf raided a crab trap. Was it tool use or just canine cunning?

    Video from the Haíɫzaqv Nation Indigenous community shows a wolf hauling a crab trap ashore. Scientists are split on whether it counts as tool use.

    By Elie Dolgin
  3. Animals

    This parasitic ant tricks workers into committing matricide

    Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.