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Researchers are one step closer to saving the northern white rhino from complete extinction

With only two females surviving in captivity, the species is functionally extinct.

Climate change poised to expose millions to malaria, new study reports

Uh-oh.

New study reveals secret language of cell communication

Scientists eavesdrop on cell conversations.

Elite athletes may owe some of their peak performance to unique gut microbes

And some scientists think that we could one day gain access to these probiotics.

Researchers, at long last, develop effective tool to study soil-borne microbes

Surprisingly, it was easier for us to go to the Moon than to develop such a tool.

Researchers look into reviving bleached corals using 'non-preferred' algal symbiotes

"We want to know if it's possible that more heat tolerant, non-preferred algae could revive bleached coral communities even if the relationship is less efficient," the authors say.

The birth of forests helped drive two massive, ancient extinctions

They did not come in peace.

Wax, water, and heat: how leaves survive in extremely hot environments

Ever wondered how plants manage to survive in ungodly high temperatures?

Skinny seals and hungry cod point to trouble in the Baltic Sea

They're running out of food -- and climate change seems to be involved.

Dolphins can form long bonds over shared interests

Yet another testament to how smart and socially advanced dolphins are.

New threat looms for snow leopards: infection

As if snow leopards didn't have enough to deal with.

New mathematical model describes the growth pattern of plant leaves

The beauty of math is embedded in nature.

Researchers copy off of polar bear fur to create new, powerful insulator

Learning from the best.

Honey bee colonies dropped by 16% worldwide in the winter of 2017-18

Out of the 544,879 colonies these beekeepers managed, 89,124 were lost over the winter of 2017-18.

Working landscapes can be used for species conservation alongside economic activities

Forest patches are opportunities to conserve wildlife

New research paints the history of East Africa's farmers, and how they evolved to eat dairy

It's a surprisingly rich history.

Researchers make chicken cells resist bird flu by snipping out a tiny bit of their DNA

There's still a long way to go before we have a full chicken, though.

Sea sponges can act like surveillance cameras for the oceans

Call it underwater CCTV.

Invasive flowering species might overpower native ones because of warming climates

We flower in peace!

Chimps also love to eat crabs, new study shows

This isn't the only thing that surprised researchers.

Two new dinosaurs found in Thailand are smaller, cuter, but still deadly cousins of the T. Rex

They might also rewrite the history of megaraptors as we know them.

Scientists in India find new type of viper -- and it looks stunning

A beautiful snake of which we know very little.

African green monkeys howling at drones teach us about the evolution of language

Before there was the word, there was the meaning of sound.

Researchers film bacteria sharing antibiotic resistance in real time -- and find a potential fix

How can bacteria produce proteins when faced with a protein-production-impairing drug? We found out.

Baby sharks eat land-based songbirds

Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo -- eats birds.

The first fungi may be a billion years old

Extraordinary microfossils found in Canada could reshape our understanding of life.

Medicinal plants used in the Civil War can stomp our modern antibiotic-resistant germs

Old tricks, new ways to implement them.

When faced with high gravity, cells get "thicker skin" by strengthening their membranes

Unlike humans, who seem to develop it under pressure.

Scientists find red coloring for the first time in a 3-million-year-old 'mighty mouse' fossil

A tiny red mouse is helping scientists uncover the coloring of long-extinct animals.

Scientists map global "Internet of Mushrooms"

“I haven’t seen anybody do anything like that before,” researchers commented.

Bedbugs roamed the land along with T-Rex

Bedbugs have been alive far longer than humans have.

Researchers create bacteria synthetic DNA

Move away, Nature -- come in, Life 2.0.

The unlikeliest catch: sea creatures found trapped in amber

Talk about a stunning find!

Plastic pollution may harm marine bacteria that produces 5% of the world's oxygen

One of the world's most fascinating tiny creature may be threatened by chemicals from marine plastic debris.

Why snails coil in one direction -- and how to change it

On today's menu: CRISPR-y snails.

Team sequences the pan-genome of tomatoes in a bid to make them tasty again

Tastefully done.

Robots and AI can help us better understand deep sea species, study reports.

We're fishing for information in the deep seas.

Man in New Zealand finds 12-million-year-old footprints of giant flightless bird

He was merely going on a swim and came across footprints of ancient moas.

Deep-sea fish developed super vision to cope with abyssal darkness

Why would it evolve that way? Researchers have an idea.

Penguin and seal poop create biodiversity hotspots in Antarctica

Poop comes in to save the day!

Bat-winged dinosaur discovered in China -- only the second of its kind

This dinosaur was more like a flying squirrel than a bird.

Researchers hack plants to use less water so we don't starve when climate change hits hard

These plants will drink responsibly -- whether they want it or not!

Scientists find miniature T-Rex ancestor

A smaller relative to the king of the dinosaurs.

Fossil Friday: earliest known millipede found in piece of Burmese amber

It's nearly 100 million years old.

Feathered dinosaurs may have accidentally developed flying -- while running

Fake it till you make it.

There are arsenic-breathing microbes in the tropical Pacific, a new study finds

Oxygen? In this economy?! Pffff.

Climate change may make the oceans belch out CO2, study warns

Oh, how the waters have turned.

Most detailed survey yet finds 200,000 species of viruses living in the oceans

There's a lot of life in the oceans.

Slime moulds learn by absorbing substances

This simple creature can learn, teach, and memorize, without a nervous system.

Great white sharks found to flee from orcas

The king of the seas has something to be afraid of.

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