There's a good reason why ears and eyes come in pairs. Receiving stimuli from two points of input is necessary to pinpoint the location of objects. Most animals, including people, can hear and see in ...

Humans aren't the only creatures with dialects that are specific to certain regions. It seems that colonies of naked mole-rats have their own dialects too, which strengthens the social connections of ...

Elizabeth Lopatto is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. This column is part of a ...

Neurobiologist Kenneth Catania’s passion for scrutinizing odd animal adaptations all started with a creature with a 22-point star on its face. Catania first saw a star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) ...