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Children grow up fast, and that's true for more animals than just humans.

It might not be common in the US right now, but eating insects have several benefits and could become more popular in the near future.

Just like animals, plants are driven to reproduce. Find out more about one of their methods of transportation, zoochory.

What do you look for in a home? Even creatures of the sea want to live somewhere nice, and their needs aren’t that different from yours.

Our age, the Anthropocene era, is distinctive in many ways. The fossils we leave behind might show this in the future.

Most of us are probably pretty careful not to litter. Turns out, we might be doing the same thing just by wearing clothes.

Many birds have striking features, but the hummingbird's wings are unique.

Bananas are a staple fruit in our dieting habits, but scientists have some concerns about its future.

How distinctive are your dance moves?

Where did modern sled dogs originate?

Why do our recorded voices sound so different from inside our own heads?

A study suggests a valuable resource sits right on the surface of the Moon: dust.

With climate change, stronger droughts are challenging the world’s forests.

Things are not always as they seem, and this little demonstration will prove it.

Researchers sometimes make biomedically important findings in the strangest places. One such discovery took place with glass frogs--tiny amphibians that live in the tropical forests of Central and South America.

Overeating at Thanksgiving or other family functions feels pretty common. Is there a reason for that?

In the 1920s automotive engineers made one of the greatest mistakes of the twentieth century.

Iridescent coloring is pretty eye-catching, so how can it be used as camouflage?

What's the size of a toaster, weighs about three pounds, and orbits the Earth?

Today's A Moment of Science has the love story of a frog who can't sing.