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Could you... please not, bacteria?
Unexpected but not unwelcome!
This wasp is like out of a nightmare.
This isn't the first time we've tried copying termites.
Get lost, deadly virus.
However, it's not humans that brought its demise, but another familiar culprit.
More and more people are using CBD oils to manage their pain and anxiety.
So that's why...
This could change a paleontology book or two.
These cave insects have reversed sexual organs. Now, scientists have learned more about this fascinating quirk of nature.
These gals want everything to be just right.
Fur lickin' findings.
Technically, it's piles of construction waste, in the termites' eyes.
Scientists went to the zoo to develop better electronic noses.
The answer to a question you never knew you had.
We used to believe this is a human-only perk.
Sanitation and energy generation in one go.
Cool, now we need to find one for the economy, too!
This also means that resurfaced liquid water on Mars might kill any hypothetical surviving microbes.
Turns out most of us are just like our mothers.
A new study deepens the mystery of avian extinction following the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
A chicken and egg problem -- rehashed in an unlikely scenario.
Y'ouch.
It's always feeding time, isn't it?
What do you get when you 3-D print cyanobacteria onto button mushrooms?
"Our goal is no death, no scar, and no pain," adds Marc Jeschke, paper co-author. "With this approach we come closer to no death and no scar."
For hawks, the secret is out: The big city has a lot of food to offer.
No more peg legs on the high seas, yarr!
Bird-brain? Hardly an insult.
It's an evolutionary arms race.
It also had a keen sense of smell.
We now know more about how the brain's hemispheres sync up.
There is little reason for optimism here -- but conservation efforts can still make a difference.
The findings are still preliminary, but they do suggest that mothers should abstain a bit before and during pregnancy.
Pocillopora damicornis -- one of the most abundant and widespread reef-building corals in the world -- may help us better understand how anthozoans deal with stress.
They live with us, but they're not domesticated.
Well this is a grisly Halloween story if I've ever seen one.
For once, it's not overfishing!
They did, however, have an excellent sense of smell.
The elusive creature lives deep beneath the ocean's surface.
This tiny bug tells a story much bigger than itself.
A story that has some 'ew' -- but definitely a lot of 'wow', too.
Scientists have identified an inherent trade-off in avian sexual selection.
Crows are much smarter than we thought -- and one, in particular, seemed like a moody genius.
We're nowhere near close to 'discovering everything' yet.
Although this mammalian forerunner still reproduced like a reptile, the fossils shed much light on our own evolution.
The findings suggest that the mechanism would probably work on humans too.
Who's a good boy? All dogs, that's who. But some have more problems than others.
Other cells can likely do it too, the researchers believe.
We have a lot to learn from the humble dandelion.
