Legend has it that physicist Ernest Rutherford once dismissed all sciences other than physics as mere “stamp collecting.” (Whether he actually said it is a matter of some debate.) But we now live in ...

Being called a “bird brain” may be closer to a compliment than an insult. That’s because new research suggests that some birds evolved over time to have smaller bodies and maintain large brains.

Smaller animals have larger brains relative to their bodies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If terms like "bird brain" and ...

Behavior that we’d consider intelligent is oddly widespread in the animal kingdom. Animals with very different brains from ours—a species of octopus and various birds—engage with tools, to give just ...

We examined body size patterns in a colonizing assemblage of marine amphipods and molluscs. We collected animals over a 25 day period from an archipelago of pits that were drilled in brick surfaces.

This image shows a comparison of the size of the baby Parasaurolophus (green) to adult Parasaurolophus, as well as an adult and baby human. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Scrolling through Instagram at 2 AM, watching another perfectly posed plus-size influencer in their flawless outfit, you feel ...

The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and is linked to a changing climate, according to research published Thursday. A team of researchers led by the ...