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Animals hear other species communicate around them every day. Do they understand what they're saying?

Feb. 15, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

A humpback whale appeared to swallow then spit out a kayaker in a viral video filmed off the coast of Chile. But was he actually in any danger?

Kissing is a multifaceted and emotionally loaded behavior. Do other animals do it, too?

The U.S. is currently experiencing very high levels of seasonal influenza across the country. Here's why.

Astronomers have used a continent-sized radio telescope to find the largest black hole jet ever observed in the early universe.

DNA and RNA epigenetics, once thought to be separate, have now been found to work together to fine-tune gene expression.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single evening, and rearranged them to create a striking composite image. Each "planetary parade" member was captured with the same magnification, meaning they are perfectly scaled.

A new study of human remains dredged from the Thames River reveals that people frequently deposited corpses there in the Bronze and Iron ages.

The telehealth company Hims & Hers put out a Super Bowl ad that skimped on clarifying that its compounded semaglutide medications aren't FDA-approved.