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Geologists mimicked conditions in soil from Mars and found growing plants could prove difficult.
These freaky looking spiders can sense incoming prey from more than two meters away.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught millions of people across the world at least one valuable lesson: the single most important thing that one can do to stave off the spread of an infectious disease is to practice social distancing. As long as infected hosts are in limited contact with healthy hosts, a pathogen can’t spread […]
Scientists now have a more actionable target for the treatment of acne.
Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine... out of a coral?
Worker ants evolved strong thorax muscles for carrying loads many times their weight after losing their ability to fly.
The silk of this spider is unique. Its properties have now been analyzed in a new study.
The overzealous filter also banned the worlds "pubic", "stream", "jerk", and ... 'beaver'.
Calcium flowing through tiny hairs of the plant's leaves determine when the Venus flytrap closes its jaw.
These extreme survivors never cease to amaze us!
Although they had fur and whiskers, the earliest mammals had long lifespans like reptiles.
In the end, it didn’t live up to the name!
Intelligence and resilience can be found all across the natural world.
An in-between sex can exist in nature, and moles are a prime example.
'I thought it to be the most beautiful mouse I had ever seen,' said one of the researchers.
Iconic plants may disappear from their traditional zones as climate change pushes them northwards.
Hopefully the findings translate to humans as well.
The eggs uncovered a 137-kilometer long illegal trade chain.
It could point the way to new treatments for both conditions.
It took a while, but the devils are now back home!
"We have no intention of raising dinosaurs," the researchers assure us.
It's one of the craziest explorer stories you'll ever read.
Scientists find that birds are more human-like than previously thought.
Variety is not always the spice of life.
"We didn't believe it at first," said one of the researchers.
Binge drinking didn't destroy neurons, but rather temporarily disrupted connections between them.
We now know why this compound is key to a successful pregnancy, in animals and humans alike.
Our cells look younger than those of chimps due to chemical changes to our genome when we branched away from a common ancestor 8 million years ago.
The tree’s leaves contain a previously unidentified neurotoxin that latches on to fundamental mammalian pain receptors.
Vikings weren’t a group of barrel-chested, blond-haired, bearded men. Instead, they comprised many ethnicities and groups of people with different ancestries.
A dog's cold nose aids in the heat detection of prey.
It's the first time an amphibian was shown to live in a harem.
The New Guinea singing dog and the Highland Wild Dog still active in the wild may represent the same unique breed.
This nuanced 'cheat sheet' shows when and where the risk of coronavirus transmission is greatest or lowest.
Maybe what ladies wanted all along was statistical analysis.
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There will likely be no Nemo to find in the future.
The findings may lead to new treatments for eye problems in both humans and animals.
Researchers have found a creative way to monitor elephants, by using miniature computers to capture the steps of elephants through vibrations.
Humans aren't always the bad guys.
Cat owners, rejoice: your body can deal with this parasite just fine.
The primate voice box seems to be exceptional in the animal kingdom.
The local Wildlife Trust called the decision "the most ground-breaking government decision for England's wildlife for a generation".
Whenever distinct groups of humans and their ancestors overlapped in space and time, interbreeding was just around the corner.
This pristinely preserved scene in fossilized amber is an extremely rare example of ancient predation in action.
Popular wisdom was that predators are most at risk -- turns out it's actually their food that's struggling.
Even the mighty fall sick.
Isotopes in the food we eat builds up in our hair, revealing intimate details about diet and income.
Pigs are intelligent and seem to exhibit behavior both similar, and different to dogs.
Biologists get a helping (non-biological) hand.
