This week’s Young Writers Project entry is “Three hearts,” by Harper Grant, 15, of Chelsea. Artwork is “Grow,” by Carly Stone, 17, of Springfield.

Nature's deadliest creatures employ distinct defense mechanisms. Venomous animals inject toxins through bites or stings, like cobras and jellyfish. Po ...

In a recently published, PNAS study, professor Andreas Neider and his team found that crows and rhesus macaques take mental shortcuts.

A viral video from Singapore shows a man rescuing a cat from a python by swinging the snake by its tail. Filmed and shared by Marcus Lee on Facebook, the footage shows the dramatic encounter as he ...