Noise and light pollution can change which birds visit our backyards. A new study reports that birds across the continental U.S. tend to avoid backyard…
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A more reliable way of estimating the size of megalodon shows the extinct shark may have been bigger than previously thought, measuring up to 65…
Some frog species have teeth while others are toothless. Still others have a combination of true teeth and toothlike structures. The Solomon Island leaf frog,…
A new study by Earth scientists from Yale and the College of the Atlantic has turned up a massive die-off of sharks roughly 19 million…
“Now we can mimic the massive ‘experiment’ going on in nature — where these mutations pop up due to natural selection — but we can…
Algae bloom in Baltic Sea, where extreme blooms are a significant problem. Captured June 2016, by the European Space Agency Sentinel-3A satellite, which helps monitor,…
Dr. Katalin Karikó is the recipient of the 2022 Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Biotechnology recognizing her scientific contributions that directly led to the development…
An assassin bug approaching a male broad-horned flour beetle. Credit: University of Exeter Natural selection can reverse evolution that occurs through sexual selection and this…
Scientists explain the genetic basis of lavender’s allure. Credit: Lei Shi Scientists explain the genetics of what makes the smell of lavender special. Even the…
The amyloid beta protein that tangles to form the hallmark Alzheimer’s brain plaques, cling to ultra-small “bowls,” called nanobowls, scientists find. They can use these…
Discovery of unique virus traits offer possible explanations as to why older adults and people with diabetes or heart disease can have more severe responses…
An example of a chain of salps floating in the ocean. Credit: Photo by Lars Plougmann Florida State University researchers have more insight into a…
The skull of Peştera Muierii 1, which entire genome is now successfully sequenced. Credit: Mattias Jakobsson For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the…
Spores of the fungus that causes Coffee Wilt Disease. Credit: CABI Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how…
E. issunboushi. Credit: Toba Aquarium In the Kumano Sea, off the southeast coast of Japan, an evolutionary mystery lay in wait. Researchers collected samples from…
Zebra Finch Singing is crucial for the recognition, sex life, and speciation of songbirds; new research published in Current Biology shows songbirds have extremely high-resolution…
African fish called mormyrids communicate using pulses of electricity. Credit: Tsunehiko Kohashi American writer and humorist Mark Twain, a master of language and noted lecturer,…
A new study has turned up a massive die-off of sharks roughly 19 million years ago. The biggest shark attack in history did not involve…
The study involved 375 budding service dogs from the Canine Companions service dog organization. Credit: Courtesy of Emily Bray/University of Arizona Dogs may have earned…