Animals Why some skunks are losing their black-and-white stripes (and why this is good news for skunks) February 27, 2025
Biology This Tiny Fuzzy Plant is Called the Wooly Devil. It’s the First New Genus Discovered in a US National Park in 50 Years February 26, 2025
Biology Bigger Animals Do Get More Cancer, Overturning a 45-Year-Old Myth. But Exceptions Could Make All The Difference February 24, 2025
Biology Mice With a Human Gene Started Squeaking Differently. Could This Tiny Genetic Mutation Explain the Origin of Speech? February 19, 2025
Animals The Wallace Line forms an invisible barrier that separates Asian and Australian species. Scientists now know what happened February 18, 2025
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Animals No males required: shark mother gives birth despite only being surrounded by females February 6, 2025
Biology Humans Lost the Ability to Wiggle Their Ears 25 Million Years Ago, but Your Ear Muscles Still Try February 3, 2025
Agriculture Tracking 32,000 Bees with QR Codes. Turns Out, Bee Foraging Is Weirder Than You Think January 30, 2025
Biology Scientists Create Mice with Two Fathers in a Genetic Breakthrough That Could Save Endangered Species January 30, 2025
Biology AI Simulates Half a Billion Years of Evolution to Create a Glowing Protein That Nature Never Could January 29, 2025
Animals The bizarre frogfish has “fishing motor neurons” controlling the rods on its head January 16, 2025
Biology Babies born on Mars could diverge from Earthlings within a couple of generations January 15, 2025
Biology Evolution is not just survival of the fittest. It’s also survival of the luckiest — and this science proves it January 14, 2025
Animals Scientists find spiders smell with their legs and the science behind it is fascinating January 13, 2025
Animals This Hornet Can Drink 80% Alcohol Without Ever Getting Drunk and Scientists Finally Know Why January 8, 2025
Biology 200 Jurassic-era dinosaur footprints unearthed on UK’s largest dinosaur highway January 8, 2025
Biology Not armed, but dangerous: New Armless dinosaur species unearthed in Argentina January 8, 2025
Biology When a Vital Cancer Therapy Relies on a Reliable Test, the Details Matter December 23, 2024 - Updated on December 24, 2024
Biology For better or worse, machine learning is shaping biology research December 20, 2024 - Updated on December 23, 2024
Biology Scientists Call for a Global Pause on Creating “Mirror Life” Before It’s Too Late: “The threat we’re talking about is unprecedented” December 13, 2024
Biology This Tiny Microbe Can Withstand Extreme Radiation That Would Obliterate Humans. Here’s How It Might Protect Astronauts on a Trip to Mars December 12, 2024
Animals The heart may have its own “mini-brain”: a nervous system that controls heartbeat December 12, 2024
Animals Crocodile Scales Form in a Surprising Way That Has Nothing to Do with Genetics December 11, 2024
Biology Mind-Blowing Calculation Shows Living Cells Outnumber All the Stars and Grains of Sand — By far December 5, 2024 - Updated on December 6, 2024
Agriculture Mild Habaneros Are Here and They’re Packed With Flavor Without the Fire November 22, 2024
Biology Could CAR-T Therapy Be the End of Lifelong Lupus Medication? Early Results Say ‘Yes’ November 14, 2024
