A new study found a record-breaking number of eastern Pacific leatherback turtle nests along several beaches in Ecuador during the 2025-2026 nesting season, more than 1,000 miles from their usual nesting grounds in Mexico and Costa Rica. 

A previously unknown species of extinct dwarf sperm whale has been described for the first time. The whale, which lived around six million years ago, had a highly asymmetrical skull and a distinctly downward-curving head – features that helped it adapt to its environment. 

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Engineer Officers and Engineer Chiefs have tough, dirty jobs in what’s called horizontal construction — building and maintaining roads, airstrips, landing zones and base camps.

A vital part of this work is making precise production calculations and estimates. Thanks to the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global’s TechSolutions program, these warfighters can download a specially designed app on their smart phone or tablet to perform their jobs faster and more accurately — and ensure consistency and standardization across military services.

Just a few bottles of river water can reveal which fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and even mammals live nearby — according to a new study published in Water Biology and Security by researchers at the University of Florence and the University of Pisa.

How do octopuses remember what they learn? A new study reveals a surprising “molecular switch” in the octopus brain that helps preserve memories by keeping connections between nerve cells strengthened over time, without the need to produce new proteins. The discovery sheds new light on one of nature’s greatest mysteries: how creatures with vastly different brains evolved remarkably sophisticated learning and memory abilities.