In an undated image provided by Tobias Wilhelm/State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, an artist’s reconstruction of Mirasaura, which means “wonderful reptile” in Latin. German paleontologists have discovered a 247-million-year-old fossil of a reptile with a bizarre row of plumes sprouting from its back. (Tobias Wilhelm/State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart via The New York Times) By Carl Zimmer German paleontologists have discovered a 247-million-year-old fossil of a

Demonstrators stack mock coffins outside the State Department in Washington on April 17, 2025, to protest the Trump administration’s...

A frame from a video provided by Nadine Holmes shows an ocelot and an opossum together in the Amazon. Scientists are trying to understand footage that showed ocelots and opossums, usually predator and prey, hanging out together. (Nadine Holmes via The New York Times) By Clarissa Brincat Screenwriters in search of the next Timon and Pumbaa may want to look to the Amazon, where unlikely ocelot-opossum duos have been filmed hanging out together. Researchers at Cocha Cashu Biolog

A morning Tai Chi class at Elizabeth Street Garden in New York, on Sunday, June 11, 2023. Decades of research have established that...

Ian Otbot, 8, does his homework in his bedroom at home in Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025, as his father, Gerry Nel Otbot, looks on. Ian...

A sign points to a measles testing site set up by the public health department in Seminole, Texas, Feb. 26, 2025. There have now been...

John Christy, an atmospheric scientist who doubts that human activity has caused global warming, in 2014. The Energy Department has hired at least three scientists who are well-known for their rejection of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, according to records reviewed by The New York Times. (Rob Culpepper/The New York Times) By Maxine Joselow The Energy Department has hired at least three scientists who are well known for their rejection of the overwhe

The New York Times asked dementia specialists and seven families who have faced the disease to share advice for moving forward after a...

In an undated image provided by David Rankin/Saguaro Observatory, A11pl3Z captured by David Rankin, an engineer at the Catalina Sky Survey at the University of Arizona. For only the third time, astronomers have found something passing through our solar system that looks like it came from outside the solar system. (David Rankin/Saguaro Observatory via The New York Times) By Kenneth Chang For only the third time, astronomers have found something passing through our solar system

Nutrition experts say the keys to healthy eating lie in focusing on nutrient-rich foods and making them tasty, too. (Seb Agresti/The New...