Patrick Pester

Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies, which then burst from the hosts' abdomens while they're still alive.

A stock image of an Indo-Pacific dolphin swimming (not the individual responsible for the recent attacks).

Tarantulas' hairy bodies protect against the scavenging, spider-eating army ants that clean their nests, scientists say.

The newly discovered Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus fossils are the first of their kind from Kyrgyzstan and provide evidence of predatory dinosaurs caring for offspring in the Jurassic.

The wandering albatrosses of Marion Island can't defend themselves against an invasive mice population that devours birds alive, but conservationists say a rodenticide 'bomb' could save them.

Beachgoers found a rare oarfish off California two days before an earthquake, mirroring folklore that says the deep-sea creatures are "doomsday fish."

Fusarium wilt is threatening the global supply of bananas, but researchers might have found a way to control the disease.

Animals have been reproducing sexually for hundreds of millions of years, but not always like we do it.

Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought.

A tiny extinct penguin from New Zealand is key to understanding penguin wing evolution, researchers say.

Researchers say they've discovered evidence for the recently proposed 'law of increasing functional information' by proving that minerals evolve as life does.

Researchers say they've recovered one of the world's oldest known dinosaurs after heavy rains exposed a Herrerasaurid skeleton in southern Brazil.

Researchers have laid out the case for complex life evolving 2.1 billion years ago, but not everyone is convinced it started so early.

The newly discovered Youti yuanshi larva fossil is so well-preserved that it provides a road map for arthropod evolution during the Cambrian period.

Researchers have traced cell origins critical to vertebrate evolution by studying a group of primitive, bloodsucking fish called lampreys.

It's hard to compare sports head-to-head, but some stand out in terms of their risk of causing injury or death.

Firefighters are battling a 'monster' wildfire in the evacuated town of Jasper and Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.

Three fossilized snakes that died huddled together 38 million years ago are now called the "winter serpents."

A new simulation shows that an El Niño-like climate pattern begins near New Zealand and Australia, and can trigger temperature changes across the Southern Hemisphere.

Animals are disappearing too fast for researchers to record all of the extinctions we've caused.

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the way scientists monitor wildlife and find new species, but how effective are these new systems?

Some humans have always stood head and shoulders above their peers, but there's nothing mythological about these real-life human giants.

A Western Pacific leatherback migrating from her nesting grounds in the Solomon Islands dove to a whopping 4,409 feet, conservationists say.