To obtain the toxic chemical cantharidin, insects suck beetles’ blood—and even munch on their digested remains

Analysis of thousands of fossils pushes back change in beetles’ diets by more than 37 million years

Electrostatic charges may help roundworms infect a wide variety of hosts

Listing could affect availability for biomedical studies

Oldest known sea turtle soft tissues could help reveal how a variety of vertebrates adapted to ocean living

An unusual relationship could shed light on how insects choose their partners

Scientists are hunting for ancient RNA in Svalbard’s permafrost, hoping to shed light on the evolution of viral diseases

Excusing record-keeping “misconduct” flagged in earlier investigative report, City University of New York concluded in letter that image doctoring by Hoau-Yan Wang was not proved

Tetsuro Matsuzawa agreed to pay Kyoto University $219,000 to end legal dispute

After years of delay and political wrangling, DOE’s Hanford site opens vitrification plant

Iconic amphibians took an unexpected path across the globe, study finds—with toxins as a “game changer”

Modern humans’ tolerance for the toxic metal may have helped them outcompete our closest evolutionary cousins

New fossils reveal Paranthropus had massive yet dexterous hands

Scientists reopen the case of “splatatouille”

Birch bark tar, used as chewing gum and glue, provides rare window into life 6000 years ago

Agency’s prestigious training programs among those spared, while other key offices are scrapped

Museum specimens collected during a 1907 marine expedition reveal loss of genetic diversity in the Philippines

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt explained why the past 2 centuries have seen sustained economic growth rather than stagnation

A study could transform the lab study of olfaction—and may challenge a Nobel-winning hypothesis

Federal researchers confront growing uncertainty about future

Science chats with photographer Lindsey Wasson, who captured how Nobel winner Mary Brunkow reacted to life-changing news

Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi

Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds