Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna). New research shows that hummingbirds would struggle to cope if climate changes drives them to much higher elevations. Any animal ascending…
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Boa constrictors breathe with different sections of rib cage when constricting prey and digesting dinner. The later stages of pregnancy can make life difficult as…
Few human adults gallop; the equine gait tends to be the preserve of little kids mimicking horses or exercise classes. But for camels, lions, and…
A developing mouse neural tube. Hedgehog signaling is required to produce different types of neuronal progenitor cells, indicated by the different colors. THC inhibits Hedgehog…
Zebrafish infected with fluorescent bacteria, Mycobacterium abscessus, shown in red. Credit: Dr. Matt Johansen and the Kremer Lab Mycobacterium abscessus, a relative of the bacteria…
Ever since humans began committing their view of the world to flat slabs of rock and papyrus, we had a sense that our mental maps…
Human pollution is often evident from oil slicks and plastic drifting on shore, but many of the drugs that we consume also end up washing…
Cantils, so named for their cantilever function of supporting the flower-bearing stalk, are newly reported plant structures that develop in wild-type Arabidopsis as a consequence…
Male infertility affects more than 20 million men globally and is a contributing cause to around 50% of infertility in couples. Frequently, male infertility is…
In Alg mutant embryos, rod cells are initially born but not maintained and undergo programmed cell death indicated in magenta (TUNEL staining). Credit: Clara Becker…
Side view of an 11-day-old mantis shrimp (Gonodactylaceus falcatus) larva. The raptorial appendage is folded in bellow the large eyes. Credit: Jacob Harrison, Duke University…
A male Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) called Hank wearing an activity tracker on his front leg. Credit: Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, USA When Daniella Chusy,…
A round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in a pipe. Credit: Adam Hardy Goby Fins Are Touchy-Feely Groping around in your bag for your keys can be…
Biologists Solve Mystery of How Whale-Surfing Remoras Remain in Contact As Their Massive Steeds Dive
Biologists Solve Mystery of How Whale-Surfing Remoras Remain in Contact As Their Massive Steeds Dive
A remora attached to the skin of a blue whale. Credit: Stanford University & Cascadia Research Collective. Image collected under NMFS permit #16111. When it…
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…
A flashing squid being pursued by a diving elephant seal. This movie was filmed during a study by another group of scientists published in Journal…
A woman carrying a heavy load on a flexible bamboo pole walking on a force plate. Credit: Bertram Lab, University of Calgary Carrying heavy loads…
Saharan Silver Ants Are World’s Fastest Ants According to Noël Coward, mad dogs and Englishmen are the only creatures that go out in the midday…
Start thinking about numbers and they can become large very quickly. The diameter of the universe is about 8.8×1023 km and the largest number with…