Reconstructed life appearance of the extinct European straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus in frontal view, based on remains uncovered from the Neumark-Nord 1 site in Saxony-Anhalt,…
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Szostak believes the earliest cells developed on land in ponds or pools, potentially in volcanically active regions. Ultraviolet light, lightning strikes, and volcanic eruptions all…
An Aedes mosquito with pollen sacs on its eyes feeding from Platanthera flowers. Credit: Kiley Riffell Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn’t get…
Wulong bohaiensis. The skeleton described in the new paper is remarkably complete. The name means “Dancing Dragon” in Chinese and was named in part to…
This is a broad-billed Hummingbird with bright turquoise feathers. Credit: (c) John Bates, Field Museum Hummingbirds are some of the most brightly-colored things in the…
Frogs, like mammals, originated as predominantly nocturnal animals, but maintained the ability to communicate acoustically after switching to being active during the day. Credit: Peter…
Argentine ant workers. Credit: Gert Brovad Sanitary care by social ants shapes disease outcome — study published in Ecology Letters. Who wins in a competition…
All cartilaginous fishes, similar to the marine mammals, have lost the SWS1 and SWS2 opsin genes. Sharks and rays do contain both rod and cone…
Upper specimen: Stygocapitella josemariobrancoi from a beach close to Plymouth, UK: Lower specimen: Stygocapitella furcata from the 4th of July beach on San Juan island,…
One of the wolves, named Aino, waiting in the test apparatus. Contrary to expectations, dogs and wolves performed equally well on the cooperation task. Credit:…
The red brittle star, Ophiocoma wendtii. Credit: Lauren Sumner-Rooney Scientists have shown for the first time that brittle stars use vision to guide them through…
Researchers Hone In on What Makes Screams Distinctive Screams are prompted by a variety of emotions — from joyful surprise to abject terror. No matter…
Adult American coots are mostly black and gray, but their chicks sport bright orange and red coloring. Credit: Bruce Lyon The bright colors of the…
New study shows exactly how the manner in which mitochondria divide has remained the same since evolution began. Cellular origin is well explained by the…
Map of North America during the Cenomanian age (96 million years ago) showing the four turtle families newly discovered at the Arlington Archosaur Site (AAS).…
Among the ecological communities studied are corals. An international research team in which Spanish experts participate has shown that sparse species are associated spatially in…
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete ancient human genome from a 5,700-year-old birch pitch. The image is an artistic…
This is the image of the Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) specimen. Credit: Marc Durà The lack of signals of population decline found on its genome…
Scientists find that unappetizing moths make less effort to escape attacking bats. You might think that prey would invariably flee in terror from a predator.…
This micro-CT scan of a newborn giant panda skull casts doubt on an old idea about why bears are born so tiny.Credit: Peishu Li and…