A Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Hapolpelma lividum), with brilliant cobalt blue hair-like setae on its legs. Credit: Bastian Rast Researchers from Yale-NUS College and Carnegie Mellon…
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Rows of ATP synthase as they would form on the ridges of mitochondrial membranes. ATP, ADP and lipids are shown in bright colors. Credit: Gergely…
Many wild animals lose their fear of predators rapidly after they start encountering humans. Most wild animals show a suite of predator avoidance behaviors such…
Matthias Meyer at work in the clean laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Neanderthals have adopted male…
A chimpanzee mother’s presence and support throughout the prolonged childhood years allow their offspring time to learn the skills they need to survive in adulthood.…
Nostrils located on the top of the snout and curved teeth, perfectly adapted for catching slippery prey: The skull of Tanystropheus has several clear adaptations…
San Francisco Skyline Reductions in humanmade noise resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown led birds in parts of California to adapt their songs to be…
Berkeley Lab scientists Tijana Radivojevic (left) and Hector Garcia Martin working on mechanistic and statistical modeling, data visualizations, and metabolic maps at the Agile BioFoundry…
The world’s largest hornet, the Asian giant hornet has been encountered in the Pacific Northwest. New research at Washington State University predicts where the hornet…
This image from the Heart Cell Atlas shows six heart regions (left and right atria and ventricles, apex, and interventricular septum). Color coding is used…
Mold regrown from Fleming’s frozen sample. Credit: CABI Researchers have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin mold for the first time and compared it…
View from the RV Pelagia during the expedition on the Black Sea. Credit: Laura Villanueva Current research suggests that more complex life-forms, including humans, evolved…
Cuvier’s beaked whales are the world’s deepest-diving mammals. Credit: Andrew J. Read The blue whale might be one of the most enigmatic creatures on the…
Males and females share the vast majority of their genomes. Only a sprinkling of genes, located on the so-called X and Y sex chromosomes, differ…
Induced radio-resistant E. coli, evolve complex mutation profiles as experimental evolution continues and the level of radio-resistance increases. Credit: Michael M. Cox and coauthors Radio-resistance…
A juvenile Pomacanthus imperator x P. annularis hybrid with striking intermediate patterns. Credit: Photograph by Y.K. Tea There Are Many More Angelfishes in the Sea…
Close up and terrifying: the deadly funnel-web spider. Credit: Dr. David Wilson A team of University of Queensland researchers has revealed why male funnel-web spiders…
Specimen of Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) in the region of La Vera (Cáceres, Spain). Credit: Adeline Marcos Climatic conditions are changing at an unprecedented…
Brain cells called astrocytes appear in green, and purple represents the leakage of the blood-brain barrier. Together they show that leakage occurs around areas where…
A 35-year study of more than 540 wild baboons in Kenya links strong social bonds to better chances of survival. Credit: Susan Alberts, Duke University…